2 He overlaid it with pure gold inside and out and made a gold molding all around it.
3 He cast four gold rings for it, for its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.
4 He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
5 He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark for carrying the ark.
6 He made a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
7 He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat,
8 one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. At each end, he made a cherub of one piece with the mercy seat.