The Ark

"Using acacia wood, make an Ark 3¾ feet long, 2¼ feet wide, and 2¼ feet high. Overlay it inside and outside with pure gold, with a molding of gold all around it. Cast four rings of gold for it and attach them to the four lower corners, two rings on each side. Make poles from acacia wood overlaid with gold, and fit the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark, to carry it. These carrying poles shall never be taken from the rings, but are to be left there permanently. When the Ark is finished, place inside it the tablets of stone I will give you, with the Ten Commandments engraved on them.

"And make a lid of pure gold, 3¾ feet long and 2¼ feet wide. This is the place of mercy for your sins. Then make images of angels, using beaten gold, and place them at the two ends of the lid of the Ark. They shall be one piece with the mercy plate, one at each end. The cherubim--the angels--shall be facing each other, looking down upon the place of mercy, and shall have wings spread out above the gold lid. Install the lid upon the Ark, and place within the Ark the tablets of stone I shall give you. And I will meet with you there and talk with you from above the place of mercy between the cherubim; and the Ark will contain the laws of my convenant. There I will tell you my commandments for the people of Israel."

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TEXT SOURCE: (Exodus 25:10-22) The Children's Living Bible, ©1970 Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton Illinois 60187
TITLE SOURCE: The New Student Bible, ©1992 Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids Michigan 49530