The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings {of} gold {for} places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.

And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that {are} on the four feet thereof.

And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.

And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.

And thou shalt make for it a grate of network {of} brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.

And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make {it}; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. {corners: Heb. ribs}

And they made two ouches {of} gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.

And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.

For the cherubims spread forth {their} wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.