16. You shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.
17. You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.
18. You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat.
19. Make one cherub on the one end and the other cherub on the other end. From the mercy seat you shall make the cherubim on its two ends.
20. The cherubim shall stretch forth their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing one another. The faces of the cherubim are to face toward the mercy seat.
21. You shall put the mercy seat above upon the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.
22. I will meet with you there, and I will meet with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony. I will speak with you all that I will command you for the children of Israel.
23. You shall also make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a half cubit high.
24. You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold border around it.
25. You shall make a border around it of a handbreadth, and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around.
26. You shall make four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that are on its four feet.
27. The rings shall be close to the frame to provide places for the poles to carry the table.