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New Life Version

Exodus 37:5

Then he put the long pieces of wood through the rings on the sides of the special box to carry it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ark;   Gold;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ark of the Covenant;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Crown;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Handicraft;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
King James Version
And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
Lexham English Bible
And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.
New Century Version
He put the poles through the rings on each side of the Ark to carry it.
New English Translation
and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark.
Amplified Bible
He put the carrying poles through the rings at the sides of the ark, to carry it.
New American Standard Bible
He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And put the barres in the rings by the sides of the Arke, to beare the Arke.
Legacy Standard Bible
He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
Contemporary English Version
and put them through the rings, so the chest could be carried by the poles.
Complete Jewish Bible
He put the carrying-poles for the ark in the rings on the sides of the ark.
Darby Translation
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.
Easy-to-Read Version
He put the poles through the rings on each side of the Box.
English Standard Version
and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.
George Lamsa Translation
And he put the poles into the rings by the sides of the ark to carry the ark.
Good News Translation
and put them through the rings on each side of the Box.
Christian Standard Bible®
He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark for carrying the ark.
Literal Translation
And he put the poles into the rings, on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and put them in the rynges a longe by ye sydes of the Arke, to beare it withall.
American Standard Version
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
Bible in Basic English
These rods he put in the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And put the barres in the rynges, along by the side of the arke, to beare the arke withall.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
King James Version (1611)
And hee put the staues into the rings, by the sides of the Arke, to beare the Arke.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they made the veil of the door of the tabernacle of witness of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, woven work with cherubs,
English Revised Version
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
Berean Standard Bible
He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and whiche barris he putte into the ryngis that weren in the sidis of the arke, to bere it.
Young's Literal Translation
and he bringeth in the staves into the rings, by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
Update Bible Version
And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he put the staffs into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
World English Bible
He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
New King James Version
And he put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
New Living Translation
He inserted the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it.
New Revised Standard
and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he brought the staves into the rings, upon the sides of the ark, for lifting the ark.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he put them into the rings that were at the sides of the ark to carry it.
Revised Standard Version
and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry it.

Contextual Overview

1 Bezalel made the special box of the agreement of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits tall. 2 He covered it inside and out with pure gold. And he made a piece of gold to put on it all around. 3 He made four rings of gold for it and put them on its four feet. He put two rings on one side of it and two rings on the other side. 4 He made long pieces of acacia wood and covered them with gold. 5 Then he put the long pieces of wood through the rings on the sides of the special box to carry it. 6 He made a mercy-seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide. 7 He made two cherubim out of beaten gold at the two ends of the mercy-seat. 8 He made one cherub on one end and one cherub on the other end. He made the cherubim and the mercy-seat of one piece. 9 The cherubim had their wings spread up over the mercy-seat. Their faces were toward each other, and toward the mercy-seat.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 1:50, Numbers 4:15, 2 Samuel 6:3-7

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:12 - General 1 Kings 8:8 - drew out the staves

Cross-References

Genesis 28:12
And he had a dream. He saw steps going up from the earth to heaven. He saw the angels of God going up and down these steps.
Genesis 37:4
His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers. So they hated Joseph and could not speak a kind word to him.
Genesis 37:8
Then his brothers said to him, "Are you going to be our king? Are you going to rule over us?" So they hated him even more for his dreams and for what he said.
Genesis 37:13
Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, I will send you to them." And Joseph said to him, "I will go."
Genesis 37:14
Then Israel said, "Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and with the flock. Then come and tell me." So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
Genesis 40:5
One night both the cup-carrier and the bread-maker of the king of Egypt had a dream while they were in prison. Each man had his own dream, and each dream had its own meaning.
Genesis 41:1
After two years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream. He dreamed that he was standing by the Nile River.
Genesis 42:9
Joseph remembered the dreams he had had about them. He said to them, "You are spies. You have come to find the weak places in our land."
Genesis 49:23
The men fought against him with their bows. They sent arrows toward him and made it hard for him.
Numbers 12:6
the Lord said, "Now listen to Me. If there is a man who speaks for God among you, I the Lord will make Myself known to him in a special dream. I will speak with him in a dream.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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