³⁵ the ark of the testimony with its poles, the mercy seat,

¹⁷ You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

⁵ and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can't now speak in detail.

⁸ The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place wasn't yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing;