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Exodus 37:5

What does Exodus 37:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Exodus 37:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

These rods he put in the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and he bringeth in the staves into the rings, by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he put them into the rings that were at the sides of the ark to carry it.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.

Context

v.4And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.

v.5This passage

v.6And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 1:50

    but appoint thou the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof, and over all that belongeth to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

  • 2 Samuel 6:3

    And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.

  • Numbers 4:15

    And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting.

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