Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

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Bible References

Bare the ark

Exodus 25:12
You shall cast four gold rings for it and fasten them on its four feet, and two rings shall be on one side of it and two rings on the other side of it.
Exodus 37:3
He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet; even two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
Exodus 40:20
Then he took the testimony and put it into the ark, and attached the poles to the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark.
Numbers 4:6
and they shall lay a covering of porpoise skin on it, and shall spread over it a cloth of pure blue, and shall insert its poles.
Numbers 7:9
But he did not give any to the sons of Kohath because theirs was the service of the holy objects, which they carried on the shoulder.
1 Kings 8:8
But the poles were so long that the ends of the poles could be seen from the holy place before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen outside; they are there to this day.
2 Chronicles 5:9
The poles were so long that the ends of the poles of the ark could be seen in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen outside; and they are there to this day.

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Exodus 25:13
You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.