8. one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. At each end, he made a cherub of one piece with the mercy seat.
9. They had wings spread out. They faced each other and covered the mercy seat with their wings. The faces of the cherubim were looking toward the mercy seat.
10. He constructed the table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
11. He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding all around it.
12. He made a three-inch frame all around it and made a gold molding all around its frame.
13. He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings to the four corners at its four legs.
14. The rings were next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.
15. He made the poles for carrying the table from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
16. He also made the utensils that would be on the table out of pure gold: its plates and cups, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.
17. Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold. He made it all of one piece: its base and shaft, its ornamental cups, and its calyxes and petals.
18. Six branches extended from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side.
19. There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the next branch. It was this way for the six branches that extended from the lampstand.
20. On the lampstand shaft there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with its calyxes and petals.