Exodus 25:9-22

New International Version

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

The Ark^(B)

¹⁰ “Have them make an ark^[a](C) of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.^{[b] 11} Overlay^(D) it with pure gold, both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it. ¹² Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, with two rings^(E) on one side and two rings on the other. ¹³ Then make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.^{(F) 14} Insert the poles^(G) into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it. ¹⁵ The poles are to remain in the rings of this ark; they are not to be removed.^{(H) 16} Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law,^(I) which I will give you.

¹⁷ “Make an atonement cover^(J) of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. ¹⁸ And make two cherubim^(K) out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. ¹⁹ Make 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. ²⁰ The cherubim^(L) are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing^(M) the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover. ²¹ Place the cover on top of the ark^(N) and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law^(O) that I will give you. ²² There, above the cover between the two cherubim^(P) that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet^(Q) with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.^(R)