'Sides' in the Bible
Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.
Six branches are to extend from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side.
The half yard on one side and the half yard on the other of what is left over along the length of the tent curtains should be hanging down over the sides of the tabernacle on either side to cover it.
The poles are to be inserted into the rings so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried.
You are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar.
Slaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on Aaron’s right earlobe, on his sons’ right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Sprinkle the remaining blood on all sides of the altar.
Overlay its top, all around its sides, and its horns with pure gold; make a gold molding all around it.
Make two gold rings for it under the molding on two of its sides; put these on opposite sides of it to be holders for the poles to carry it with.
Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides—inscribed front and back.
He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark for carrying the ark.
Six branches extended from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side.
He overlaid it, its top, all around its sides, and its horns with pure gold. Then he made a gold molding all around it.
He made two gold rings for it under the molding on two of its sides; he put these on opposite sides of it to be holders for the poles to carry it with.
Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar in order to carry it with them. He constructed the altar with boards so that it was hollow.
It was the same for the other side. The hangings were 22½ feet, including their three posts and three bases on both sides of the courtyard gate.