13 Make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
14 Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.
15 The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it.
16 Put the tablets of the testimony that I will give you into the ark.
17 Make a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
18 Make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat.
19 Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. At its two ends, make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat.