15. The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it.
16. Put the tablets of the testimony that I will give you into the ark.
17. Make a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
18. Make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat.
19. Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. At its two ends, make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat.
20. The cherubim are to have wings spread out above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and are to face one another. The faces of the cherubim should be toward the mercy seat.