"Have them make an ark of acacia wood — two and a half cubits [3.75 feet or 1.1 meters] long, a cubit and a half [2.25 feet or 0.7 meters] wide, and a cubit and a half [2.25 feet] high.

We read the following in the weekly Parsha (Torah portion); "They shall make an Aron-Ark of acacia wood ( Atzei Shittim), two and a half cubits its length, a cubit and a half its width ...

the Ark of the Covenant is described as a “two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high” box made from acacia wood. Overlaid with gold and fastened to ...