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Constructing the Ark

Exodus 37:5

In 11 translations

BSB
He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry it.
KJV
And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
WEB
He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
ASV
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
LSV
and he brings in the poles into the rings, by the sides of the Ark, to carry the Ark.
YLT
and he bringeth in the staves into the rings, by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
DBY
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.
DRC
And he put them into the rings that were at the sides of the ark to carry it.
GNV
And put the barres in the rings by the sides of the Arke, to beare the Arke.
JPS
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
LXXE
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,

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּבֵ֤א אֶת־הַבַּדִּים֙ בַּטַּבָּעֹ֔ת עַ֖ל צַלְעֹ֣ת הָאָרֹ֑ן לָשֵׂ֖את אֶת־הָאָרֹֽן׃
LXX-Br
καὶ ἐποίησαν τὸ καταπέτασμα τῆς θύρας τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἐξ ὑακίνθου, καὶ πορφύρας, καὶ κοκκίνου νενησμένου, καὶ βύσσου κεκλωσμένης, ἔργον ὑφαντὸντοῦ χερουβείμ·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Numbers 4:15When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or…
  • 2 Samuel 6:3–7They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart, bringing with it the ark of God. And Ahio was…
  • Numbers 1:50Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 38:4b in some Bibles
  • Mapping unverified: STEPBible TVTMS has rules for this verse in this edition's tradition that would place it elsewhere, but their tests did not match this edition.

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