“And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.”
And he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it. The insertion of the poles into the rings completes the ark's transport mechanism. The ark is ready to move whenever God's cloud moves. The permanence of the poles in the rings (Exodus 25:15) means the ark is always in a state of readiness: always prepared to travel with the community that God calls to move. The permanent readiness of the covenant's most sacred object is the permanent readiness of the God it represents.
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