Exodus 37:5
And he introduced the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, for carrying the ark.
Targum Onkelos
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
4And he made staves of sittin wood, and covered them with gold.
Cross References
Numbers 4:15And when Aharon and his sons have completed to cover up the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary in the moving of the camp, the sons of Kehath shall go in to carry (them), but they shall not touch the holy things (themselves), lest they die; but these are the burden of the sons of Kehath in the tabernacle of ordinance.
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 →