Exodus 25:14

And thou shalt place the staves into the rings, upon the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

In Context

13And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

15In the rings of the ark shall the staves remain: they shall not be removed therefrom.

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Cross References

Exodus 25:27Close under the rim shall the rings be; as receptacles for the staves, to bear the table.

Exodus 30:4And two rings of gold shalt thou make for it beneath its crown, on its two corners shalt thou make them, upon both its sides; and they shall be as receptacles for the staves to bear it by means of them.

1 Chronicles 15:2Then said David, None shall carry the ark of God but the Levites; for of them hath the Lord made choice to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

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 →

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