^{16 Ref} And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

^{17 Ref} And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

^{18 Ref} And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

¹⁹ And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof.

^{20 Ref} And the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

^{21 Ref} And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.