Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
10 "Make a Box out of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
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“Have them make an ark of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
11 Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it.
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Overlay it with pure gold, both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.
12 Make four carrying rings of gold for it and attach them to its four legs, with two rings on each side.
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Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other.
13 Make carrying poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold
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Then make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
14 and put them through the rings on each side of the Box.
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Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
15 The poles are to be left in the rings and must not be taken out.
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The poles are to remain in the rings of this ark; they are not to be removed.
16 Then put in the Box the two stone tablets that I will give you, on which the commandments are written.
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Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law, which I will give you.
17 "Make a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
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“Make an atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
18 Make two winged creatures of hammered gold,
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And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
19 one for each end of the lid. Make them so that they form one piece with the lid.
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Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends.
20 The winged creatures are to face each other across the lid, and their outspread wings are to cover it.
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The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover.
21 Put the two stone tablets inside the Box and put the lid on top of it.
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Place the cover on top of the ark and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law that I will give you.
22 I will meet you there, and from above the lid between the two winged creatures I will give you all my laws for the people of Israel.
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There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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