Exodus 25:15
Good News Translation
The poles are to be left in the rings and must not be taken out.

New Revised Standard Version
The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.

Contemporary English Version
Don't ever remove the poles from the rings.

New American Bible
they must remain in the rings of the ark and never be withdrawn.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they shall be always in the rings, neither shall they at any time be drawn out of them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they shall be always in the rings, neither shall they at any time be drawn out of them.

1 Kings 8:8 And whereas the staves stood out, the ends of them were seen without, in the sanctuary before the oracle, but were not seen farther out, and there they have been unto this day.

2 Chronicles 5:9 Now the ends of the staves wherewith the ark was carried, because they were some thing longer, were seen before the oracle: but if a man were a little outward, he could not see them. So the ark has been there unto this day.

Context
The Ark of the Covenant
14And thou shalt put them in through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, that it may be carried on them: 15And they shall be always in the rings, neither shall they at any time be drawn out of them.16And thou shalt put in the ark the testimony which I will give thee.…
Cross References
Exodus 25:14
And thou shalt put them in through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, that it may be carried on them:

1 Kings 8:8
And whereas the staves stood out, the ends of them were seen without, in the sanctuary before the oracle, but were not seen farther out, and there they have been unto this day.

Exodus 25:14
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