16And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
17And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
18Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
19one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.
20And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
21Set the mercy seat atop the ark, and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
— Exodus 25:16-21