Exodus 25:7-27

7and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

8“Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them.

9Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you.

10“Have them make an ark of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.

11Overlay it with pure gold, both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.

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

13Then make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

14Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.

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

16Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law, which I will give you.

17“Make an atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

18And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.

19Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends.

20The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover.

21Place the cover on top of the ark and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law that I will give you.

22There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.

23“Make a table of acacia wood—two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high.

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

25Also make around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.

26Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners, where the four legs are.

27The rings are to be close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table.