18. "Make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
19. Put one cherub on each end of it. Make the cherubim as part of the cover itself.
20. The cherubim must have their wings spread up over the cover. The cherubim must face each other and look toward the cover.
21. "Place the cover on top of the chest. I will give you the tablets of the covenant. Put them into the chest.
22. "The chest is the ark where the tablets of the covenant are kept. I will meet with you above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark. There I will give you all of my commands for the people of Israel.
23. "Make a table out of acacia wood. Make it three feet long, one foot six inches wide and two feet three inches high.
24. Cover it with pure gold. Put a strip of gold around it.