The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
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Gill's Exposition
And thou shall put into the ark the testimony that I shall give thee. Which was the principal use of it: by the "testimony" is meant the law, written on two tables of stone; so called, because it was…
(compare Exo 37:1-5). The ark is uniformly designated in Exodus the ark of the testimony. Elsewhere it is called the testimony, the ark of the covenant (most frequently in Deuteronomy and the other…
Adam Clarke
The staves - shall not be taken from it - Because it should ever be considered as in readiness to be removed, God not having told them at what hour he should command them to strike their tents. If the…
The first thing which is here ordered to be made is the ark with its appurtenances, the furniture of the most holy place, and the special token of God's presence, for which the tabernacle was erected…
Poles of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, to be made for the transport of the ark. Cf. 1Ki 8:7 f. Similar poles are provided for carrying the table of Presence-bread, vv.27 f., the altar of…