8. “The people will build a holy place for me. Then I can live among them.
9. I will show you what the Holy Tent and everything in it should look like. Build everything exactly as I show you.
10. “Use acacia wood and build a special box. This Holy Box must be 2 1/2 cubits long, 1 1/2 cubits wide, and 1 1/2 cubits high.
11. Use pure gold to cover the Box inside and out. Put gold trim around the edges of the Box.
12. Make four gold rings for carrying the Box. Put the gold rings on the four corners, two rings on each side.
13. Then make poles for carrying the Box. These poles should be made from acacia wood and covered with gold.
14. Put the poles through the rings on the corners of the Box. Use these poles to carry the Box.
15. These poles should always stay in the rings of the Box. Don’t take the poles out.
16. “I will give you the Agreement. Put it into this Box.
17. Then make a lid, the mercy-cover. Make it from pure gold. Make it 2 1/2 cubits long and 1 1/2 cubits wide.
18. Then make two Cherub angels and put them on each end of the mercy-cover. Hammer gold to make these angels.
19. Put one angel on one end of the mercy-cover, and put the other angel on the other end. Join the angels together with the mercy-cover to make one piece.
20. The wings of these angels should spread up toward the sky. The angels should cover the Box with their wings and should face each other, looking toward the mercy-cover.
21. “I will give you the Agreement. Put it in the Box, and put the mercy-cover on the Box.