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16 When the Ark is finished, place inside it the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant,[a] which I will give to you.

17 “Then make the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It must be 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.[b] 18 Then make two cherubim from hammered gold, and place them on the two ends of the atonement cover.

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Footnotes

  1. 25:16 Hebrew Place inside the Ark the Testimony; similarly in 25:21. The Hebrew word for “testimony” refers to the terms of the Lord’s covenant with Israel as written on stone tablets, and also to the covenant itself.
  2. 25:17 Hebrew 2.5 cubits [115 centimeters] long and 1.5 cubits [69 centimeters] wide.

16 Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law,(A) which I will give you.

17 “Make an atonement cover(B) of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. 18 And make two cherubim(C) out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.

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