Exodus 37:5
He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry it.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
In Context
4Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
6He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
Cross References
Numbers 4:15When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 37:2-10
The Tabernacle and Its Furniture. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it: 2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it. 4 And he made staves of shittim wood,… Read the whole commentary →