¹³ Then make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.^{(A) 14} Insert the poles^(B) into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it. ¹⁵ The poles are to remain in the rings of this ark; they are not to be removed.^(C)

⁷ The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed^(A) the ark and its carrying poles.

⁸ The cherubim^(A) spread their wings over the place of the ark and covered the ark and its carrying poles.