13 Then make poles from acacia wood and cover them with gold.
14 Put the poles through the rings on the sides of the Ark, and use these poles to carry it.
15 These poles must always stay in the rings of the Ark. Do not take them out.
16 Then put in the Ark the Agreement which I will make with you.
17 “Then make a lid of pure gold for the Ark; this is the mercy seat. Make it forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.
18 Then hammer gold to make two creatures with wings, and put one on each end of the lid.
19 Attach one creature on one end of the lid and the other creature on the other end. Make them to be one piece with the lid at the ends.