14. Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
15. The poles are to remain in the rings of this ark; they are not to be removed.
16. Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law, which I will give you.
17. ‘Make an atonement cover of pure gold – two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
18. And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
19. Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends.
20. The cherubim are to have their wings spread upwards, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking towards the cover.
21. Place the cover on top of the ark and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law that I will give you.