^{1 Ref} And Bezalel made the ark of hard wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit and a half high;

^{2 Ref} Plating it inside and out with the best gold, and putting an edge of gold all round it.

³ And he made four gold rings for its four angles, two on one side and two on the other,

^{4 Ref} And rods of the same wood plated with gold.

^{5 Ref} These rods he put in the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.

^{6 Ref} And he made the cover all of gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

^{7 Ref} And he made two winged ones, hammered out of one bit of gold, for the two ends of the cover;

⁸ Placing one at one end and one at the other; the winged ones were part of the cover.

^{9 Ref} And their wings were stretched out over the cover; the faces of the winged ones were opposite one another and facing the cover.