1. And Bezaleel made the ark of acacia-wood; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
2. And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a border of gold upon it round about.
3. And he cast for it four rings of gold, for its four corners: two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
4. And he made staves of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold.
5. And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.
6. --And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
7. And he made two cherubim of gold; of beaten work did he make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;
8. one cherub at the end of one side, and one cherub at the end of the other side; out of the mercy-seat he made the two cherubim at the two ends thereof.