2
And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a molding of gold around it.
3
And he cast for it four rings of gold for its four corners, two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side.
4
And he made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold,
5
and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.
6
And he made a mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
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