¹⁸ Make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat. ¹⁹ Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. At its two ends, make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat. ²⁰ The cherubim are to have wings spread out above, covering^(A) the mercy seat with their wings, and are to face one another. The faces of the cherubim should be toward the mercy seat. ²¹ Set the mercy seat on top of the ark and put the tablets of the testimony that I will give you into the ark.^{(B) 22} I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim^(C) that are over the ark of the testimony; I will speak with you from there about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

⁶ The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the most holy place^(A) beneath the wings of the cherubim. ⁷ For the cherubim were spreading their wings over^[a] the place of the ark, so that the cherubim covered the ark and its poles from above.^(B)

⁷ The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the most holy place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.^{(A) 8} And the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark so that the cherubim formed a cover above the ark and its poles.