10 And thus ye shall make it; join together an ark, or a coffer, of the wood of shittim, whose length shall have two cubits and an half, the breadth shall have one cubit and an half, the height in like manner one cubit and an half.

11 And thou shalt overgild it with cleanest gold within and without; and thou shalt make a golden crown above by compass,

12 and four golden rings, which thou shalt set by [the] four corners of the ark; two rings be in [the] one side, and two rings in the other side.

13 Also thou shalt make bars of the wood of shittim, and thou shalt cover them with gold,

14 and thou shalt bring in by the rings that be in the sides of the ark, that it be borne in them,

15 the which bars shall ever[more] be in the rings, neither they shall any time be drawn out of them.

16 And thou shalt put into the ark the witnessing, that is, law, which I shall give to thee.

17 And thou shalt make a propiti-atory*25:17 Also known as ‘God’s answering place’ and ‘the mercy seat’. of cleanest gold; that is, a table covering the ark, [or a place of purchasing mercy]; the length thereof shall hold two cubits and an half, [and] the breadth shall hold one cubit and an half.

18 Also thou shalt make on ever either side of God’s answering place, two cherubims [or cherubim] of gold, and beaten out with an hammer;

19 one cherub be on one side of God’s answering place, and the tother in the tother side; cover they ever either side of the propitiatory,

20 and hold they forth their wings, and cover they God’s answering place; and behold they themselves together, while their faces be turned in to the propitiatory,

21 with which the ark of the Lord shall be covered, in which ark thou shalt put the witnessing [or the testimony], that is, the tables of the law, that I shall give to thee.