"And thou shalt make staves {of} shittim wood, and overlay them with gold." — Exodus 25:13

Exodus 25:13 · KJV

“And thou shalt make staves {of} shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.”

— Exodus 25:13

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.

Verse 14

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

Exodus 25 — Context

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.

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.

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

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

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

Cross References

Exodus 40:20

And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

Numbers 4:11

And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:

Numbers 4:8

And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.

1 Chronicles 15:15

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.

Exodus 37:4

And he made staves {of} shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

Exodus 30:5

And thou shalt make the staves {of} shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

Exodus 27:6

And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves {of} shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.

Numbers 4:14

And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, {even} the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. {basons: or, bowls}