and put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.

The poles were so long their ends extending out from the ark were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. ¹  They have remained there to this very day.

The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. ¹  They have remained there to this very day.

You are to make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them. ¹ 

He also made ¹  two gold rings for it under its border, on its two sides, on opposite sides, ²  as places ³  for poles to carry it with.

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.

Then they must put over it a covering of fine leather ¹  and spread over that a cloth entirely of blue, and then they must insert its poles.

They must spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of fine leather; and they must insert its poles.

The cherubs’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles. ¹ 

The descendants of Levi carried the ark of God on their shoulders with poles, just as Moses had ordered according to the divine command.

The cherubs’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles. ¹ 

“They must spread a blue cloth on the gold altar, and cover it with a covering of fine leather; and they must insert its poles.

You are to make two gold rings for it under its border, on its two flanks; you are to make them on its two sides. ¹  The rings ²  will be places ³  for poles to carry it with.

They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

Their children are always thinking about ¹  their ²  altars and their sacred poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah, ³  set up beside the green trees on the high hills

I will uproot your images of Asherah ¹  from your midst, and destroy your idols. ² 

Rather you must destroy their altars, smash their images, and cut down their Asherah poles. ¹ 

Then they must place on it all its implements with which they serve there – the trays, the meat forks, the shovels, the basins, and all the utensils of the altar – and they must spread on it a covering of fine leather, and then insert its poles. ¹ 

They even built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

He smashed the sacred pillars to bits, cut down the Asherah pole, and filled those shrines ¹  with human bones.