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 above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces towards one another. The faces of the cherubim were towards 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 moulding around it.
12. He made a border of a hand’s width around it, and made a golden moulding on its border around it.
13. He cast four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that were on its four feet.
14. The rings were close by the border, the places for the poles to carry the table.
15. He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
16. He made the vessels which were on the table, its dishes, its spoons, its bowls, and its pitchers with which to pour out, of pure gold.
17. He made the lamp stand of pure gold. He made the lamp stand of beaten work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers were of one piece with it.