13. Also make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
14. You are to put the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, in order to carry the Ark.
15. The poles are to remain in the rings of the Ark, and not be taken from it.
16. You are to put the Testimony, which I will give you, into the Ark.
17. “Then you are to make an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long, one cubit and a half wide.
18. Also make two cheruvim of gold, from hammered work, at the two ends of the atonement cover.
19. Make one cheruv at one end and one cheruv at the other end. Of one piece with the atonement cover you are to make the cheruvim at its two ends.
20. The cheruvim are to spread out their wings above, shielding the atonement cover with their wings, each facing its companion. The faces of the cheruvim are to be turned toward the atonement cover.