“He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.”
Exodus 37:6 (BSB)
Context Reading
4Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 5He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry it. 6He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. 7He made two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat, 8one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.