Êxodo 25

The Ark of the Testimony

10 *Ex. 37:1–9; Deut. 10:3; Heb. 9:4"And they shall make an ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits shallbe its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height. 11 And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and shall make on it a molding of *Ex. 37:2; Heb. 9:4gold all around. 12 You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four corners; two rings shallbe on one side, and two rings on the other side. 13 And you shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. 14 You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried by them. 15 *Num. 4:6; 1 Kin. 8:8The poles shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it. 16 And you shall put into the ark *Ex. 16:34; 31:18; Deut. 10:2; 31:26; 1 Kin. 8:9; Heb. 9:4the Testimony which I will give you.

17 *Ex. 37:6; Heb. 9:5"You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits shallbe its length and a cubit and a half its width. 18 And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat. 19 Make one cherub at one end, and the other cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim at the two ends of it ofonepiece with the mercy seat. 20 And *1 Kin. 8:7; 1 Chr. 28:18; Heb. 9:5the cherubim shall stretch out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shallbe toward the mercy seat. 21 *Ex. 26:34; 40:20You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and *Ex. 25:16in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you.