^{1 Ref} And Bezaleel maketh the ark of shittim wood, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height;

^{2 Ref} and he overlayeth it with pure gold within and without, and maketh for it a wreath of gold round about;

³ and he casteth for it four rings of gold, on its four feet, even two rings on its one side, and two rings on its second side;

^{4 Ref} and he maketh staves of shittim wood, and overlayeth them with gold,

^{5 Ref} and he bringeth in the staves into the rings, by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

^{6 Ref} And he maketh a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;

^{7 Ref} and he maketh two cherubs of gold, of beaten work he hath made them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;

⁸ one cherub at the end on this `side', and one cherub at the end on that, out of the mercy-seat he hath made the cherubs, at its two ends;

^{9 Ref} and the cherubs are spreading out wings on high, covering over the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces `are' one towards another; towards the mercy-seat have the faces of the cherubs been.