Exo 37:1-9 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood ; its length was two and a half cubits , its width one and a half cubits , and its height one and a half cubits ;

Exodus 37:1-9

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1 ^aNow Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was ^{▼▼About 3.7 ft. long and 2.2 ft. wide and high or about 1.1 m and 68 cm}two and a half cubits, its width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits; 2 and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around. 3 He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet; two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the ^{▼▼Lit second}other side of it. 4 And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 5 He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry ^{▼▼Lit the ark}it. 6 He also made ^{▼▼Also called a mercy seat, and so throughout the ch; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement}an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits ^{▼▼Lit its length}long and one and a half cubits ^{▼▼Lit its width}wide. 7 And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work ^{▼▼Lit from}at the two ends of the atoning cover: 8 one cherub ^{▼▼Lit from}at the one end and one cherub ^{▼▼Lit from}at the other end; he made the cherubim of one piece with the atoning cover ^{▼▼Lit from}at the two ends. 9 And the cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the atoning cover with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the atoning cover.