Exodus 37:1-9

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

Making the Ark of the Covenant

37 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; it was two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. ² He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a moulding of gold round it. ³ He cast for it four rings of gold for its four feet, two rings on one side of it and two rings on its other side. ⁴ He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, ⁵ and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark. ⁶ He made a mercy-seat^[a] of pure gold; two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its width. ⁷ He made two cherubim of hammered gold; at the two ends of the mercy-seat^[b] he made them, ⁸ one cherub at one end, and one cherub at the other end; of one piece with the mercy-seat^[c] he made the cherubim at its two ends. ⁹ The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy-seat^[d] with their wings. They faced one another; the faces of the cherubim were turned towards the mercy-seat.^[e]