¹⁸ And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of ^(A)hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat. ¹⁹ Make one cherub on one end, and one cherub on the other end. ^(B)Of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends. ^20 (C)The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; towards the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. ²¹ And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you. ^22 (D)There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from ^(E)between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.

^6 (A)Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord ^(B)to its place in ^(C)the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim. ⁷ For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.