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.
21. Set the mercy seat on top of the ark and put the testimony that I will give you into the ark.
22. I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony; I will speak with you from there about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
23. “You are to construct a table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
24. Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding all around it.
25. Make a three-inch frame all around it and make a gold molding for it all around its frame.
26. Make four gold rings for it, and attach the rings to the four corners at its four legs.
27. The rings should be next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.