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
And you shall cast four rings of gold for it, and shall put it on its four feet. And two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
Exodus 37:3
And he cast four rings of gold for it, for the corners of it, even two rings on the one side of it and two rings on the other side of it.
Exodus 40:20
And he took and placed the Testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy-seat on the ark from above.
Numbers 4:6
And they shall put on it the covering of dugong skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in its staves.
Numbers 7:9
But to the sons of Kohath he did not give any, because the service of the sanctuary belonging to them was that which they should carry upon their shoulders.
1 Kings 8:8
And they drew out the staves, so that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place, in front of the Holy of Holies. And they were not seen outside. And there they are until today.
2 Chronicles 5:9
And they drew out the staves so that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle. But they were not seen outside. And there it is until this day.

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Exodus 25:13
And you shall make staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.