16. You are to put into the ark the testimony that I will give to you.
17. “You are to make an atonement lid of pure gold; its length is to be three feet nine inches, and its width is to be two feet three inches.
18. You are to make two cherubim of gold; you are to make them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid.
19. Make one cherub on one end and one cherub on the other end; from the atonement lid you are to make the cherubim on the two ends.
20. The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the atonement lid.
21. You are to put the atonement lid on top of the ark, and in the ark you are to put the testimony I am giving you.
22. I will meet with you there, and from above the atonement lid, from between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will command you for the Israelites.
23. “You are to make a table of acacia wood; its length is to be three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches.
24. You are to overlay it with pure gold, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for it.
25. You are to make a surrounding frame for it about three inches broad, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for its frame.
26. You are to make four rings of gold for it and attach the rings at the four corners where its four legs are.
27. The rings are to be close to the frame to provide places for the poles to carry the table.