Exodus 25:15

15 The poles should stay in the chest's rings. They shouldn't be taken out of them.

Exodus 25:15 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 25:15

The staves shall be in the rings of the ark
Not only be put into them, but remain in them, yea, always:

they shall not be taken from it;
or, as the Septuagint version is, be immovable; so that those gold rings in the ark may signify the churches of Christ, which are instrumental to bear his name, and spread his truth in the world, comparable to rings for their circular form, being the purest and most perfect bodies of men on earth, and to gold rings for their worth and value, preciousness, excellency, and duration; and with whom the ministers of the Gospel, comparable to golden staves, are always to be, and never depart from them: or else they may signify the perfect and precious doctrines of Christ, in which his ministers are always to be; either in meditation on them, or in preaching of them, and by which they are always to abide, see ( 1 Timothy 4:15 1 Timothy 4:16 ) .

Exodus 25:15 In-Context

13 Make acacia-wood poles and cover them with gold.

14 Then put the poles into the rings on the chest's sides and use them to carry the chest.

15 The poles should stay in the chest's rings. They shouldn't be taken out of them.

16 Put the covenant document that I will give you into the chest.

17 Then make a cover of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.