6He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
7He made two cherubim of gold. He made them of beaten work them, at the two ends of the mercy seat;
8one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. He made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.
9The cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.
10He made the table of acacia wood. Its length was two cubits, and its breadth was a cubit, and its height was a cubit and a half.
11He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it.
12He made a border of a handbreadth around it, and made a golden molding on its border around it.
