5. He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
6. He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its width.
7. He made two cherubim of gold. He made them of beaten work, at the two ends of the mercy seat;
8. one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. He made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.
9. The cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.
10. He made the table of acacia wood. Its length was two cubits, and its width was a cubit, and its height was a cubit and a half.
11. He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it.
12. He made a border of a hand width around it, and made a golden molding on its border around it.