Exodus 25:7-27

7and onyx along with other gemstones for mounting on the ephod and breastpiece.

8“They are to make a sanctuary for me so that I may dwell among them.

9You must make it according to all that I show you — the pattern of the tabernacle as well as the pattern of all its furnishings.

10“They are to make an ark of acacia wood, forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.

11Overlay it with pure gold; overlay it both inside and out. Also make a gold molding all around it.

12Cast four gold rings for it and place them on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

13Make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

14Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.

15The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it.

16Put the tablets of the testimony that I will give you into the ark.

17Make a mercy seat of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.

18Make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat.

19Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. At its two ends, make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat.

20The cherubim are to have wings spread out above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and are to face one another. The faces of the cherubim should be toward the mercy seat.

21Set the mercy seat on top of the ark and put the tablets of the testimony that I will give you into the ark.

22I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony; I will speak with you from there about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

23“You are to construct a table of acacia wood, thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.

24Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding all around it.

25Make a three-inch frame all around it and make a gold molding for it all around its frame.

26Make four gold rings for it, and attach the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

27The rings should be next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.