Exodus 25:15
The rods are to be kept in the rings, and never taken out.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
In Context
14And put the rods through the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.
16Inside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:8The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place, in front of the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside: and there they are to this day.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 25:11-23
10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. 13 And thou shalt… Read the whole commentary →