1 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 molding of gold around it. 3 He cast for it four rings of gold for its four feet, two rings on its one side 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 1 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 2 he made them, 8 one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end; of one piece with the mercy seat 3 he made the cherubim at its two ends. 9 The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat 4 with their wings. They faced one another; the faces of the cherubim were turned toward the mercy seat. 4