And thou shalt put them in through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, that it may be carried on them.
Thou shalt make bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.
And they shall be always in the rings: neither shall they at any time be drawn out of them.
And the sons of Levi took the ark of God, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord, upon their shoulders, with the staves.
Under the crown shall the golden rings be: that the bars may be put through them, and the table may be carried.
The bars also themselves thou shalt make of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold to bear up the table.
And two golden rings under the crown on either side: that the bars may be put into them, and the altar be carried.
Then Josue the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them: Take the ark of the covenant: and let seven other priests take the seven trumpets of the jubilee, and march before the ark of the Lord,
Then David said: No one ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites, whom the Lord hath chosen to carry it, and to minister unto himself for ever.