15. The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.
16. You shall put the covenant which I shall give you into the ark.
17. You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width.
18. You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
19. Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.
20. The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.
21. You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I will give you.
22. There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the covenant, all that I command you for the children of Israel.
23. “You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its width, and one and a half cubits its height.
24. You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.
25. You shall make a rim of a hand width around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it.
26. You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet.
27. the rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.
28. You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.
29. You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls to pour out offerings with. You shall make them of pure gold.
30. You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.
31. “You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. Of hammered work shall the lamp stand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.