Discovery BoxExodus 25:14 
Context25:14 and put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.
Exodus 25:28
Context25:28 You are to make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them. 1
Exodus 35:15-16
Context35:15 and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense; the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle; 35:16 the altar for the burnt offering with its bronze grating that is on it, its poles, and all its utensils; the large basin and its pedestal;
Exodus 37:27
Context37:27 He also made 2 two gold rings for it under its border, on its two sides, on opposite sides, 3 as places 4 for poles to carry it with.
Exodus 38:7
Context38:7 He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made the altar 5 hollow, out of boards.
Exodus 40:20
Context40:20 He took the testimony and put it in the ark, attached the poles to the ark, and then put the atonement lid on the ark.
1 tn The verb is a Niphal perfect with vav consecutive, showing here the intended result: “so that [the table] might be lifted up [by them].” The noun “the table” is introduced by what looks like the sign of the accusative, but here it serves to introduce or emphasize the nominative (see GKC 365 §117.i).
2 tn Heb “and he made.”
3 sn Since it was a small altar, it needed only two rings, one on either side, in order to be carried. The second mention of their location clarifies that they should be on the sides, the right and the left, as one approached the altar.
4 tn Heb “for houses.”
5 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the altar) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
