Exodus 25 · Verse 15

Exodus 25:15

The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
Exodus 25:15, King James Version

Exodus 25:15 in other translations

BSBThe poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed.
WEBThe poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.
ASVThe staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
YLTin the rings of the ark are the staves, they are not turned aside from it;
DARBYThe staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not come out from it.
BBEThe rods are to be kept in the rings, and never taken out.
WebsterThe staffs shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

What does Exodus 25:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. staves shall be in the rings of the ark--that is, always remain in the rings, whether the ark be at rest or in motion.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 The staves - shall not be taken from it - Because it should ever be considered as in readiness to be removed, God not having told them at what hour he should command them to strike their tents. If the staves were never to be taken out, how can it be said, as in Num 4:6, that when the camp should set forward, they should put in the staves thereof, which intimates that when they encamped, they took out the staves, which appears to be contrary to what is here said? To reconcile these two places, it has been supposed, with great show of probability, that besides the staves which passed through the rings of the ark, and by which it was carried, there were two other staves or poles in the form of a bier or handbarrow, on which the ark was laid in order to be transported in their journeyings, when it and its own staves, still in their rings, had been wrapped up in the covering of what is called badgers' skins and blue cloth. The staves of the ark itself, which might be considered as its handles simply to lift it by, were never taken out of their rings; but the staves or poles which served as a bier were taken from under it when they encamped.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 25:10-22

The ark was a chest, overlaid with gold, in which the two tables of the law were to be kept. These tables are called the testimony; God in them testified his will. This law was a testimony to the Israelites, to direct them in their duty, and would be a testimony against them, if they transgressed. This ark was placed in the holy of holies; the blood of the sacrifices was sprinkled, and the incense burned, before it…

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Exodus 25:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּטַבְּעֹת֙be.ta.be.'Otin [the] rings ofH2885
הָאָרֹ֔ןha.'a.Ronthe arkH727
יִהְי֖וּyih.Yuthey will beH1961
הַבַּדִּ֑יםha.ba.Dimthe polesH905
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
יָסֻ֖רוּya.Su.ruthey will be removedH5493
מִמֶּֽנּוּ\׃mi.Me.nufrom itH4480

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 25:15

  • 1 Kings 8:8

    And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.

  • 2 Chronicles 5:9

    And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 8:8; 2Ch 5:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 25:14

    And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

  • Exodus 25:15

    The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

  • Exodus 25:16

    And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

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Exodus 25:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Las varas se estarán en los anillos del arca: no se quitarán de ella.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Les barres seront dans les anneaux de l’arche; on ne les en retirera point.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Stangen sollen in den Ringen der Lade sein, sie sollen nicht daraus entfernt werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		qui semper erunt in circulis, nec umquam extrahentur ab eis.