1 BEZALEL MADE the ark of acacia wood--two cubits and a half was the length of it, a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it. 2 He overlaid it with pure gold within and without and made a molding or crown of gold to go around the top of it. 3 He cast four rings of gold for its four corners, two rings on either side. 4 He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 5 He put the poles through the rings at the sides of the ark to carry it. 6 [Bezalel] made the mercy seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length and one cubit and a half its breadth. 7 And he made two cherubim of beaten gold; on the two ends of the mercy seat he made them, 8 One cherub at one end and one at the other end; of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim at its two ends. 9 And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces to each other, looking down to the mercy seat.