You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
The ark is the chest where God's law, written by His finger, was to rest in the holiest place. Mark how careful preservation of those tables teaches us to treasure God's word, hiding it deep in our hearts as the ark was hidden in the Holy of Holies. Divine Providence guards His revelation in the church as faithfully as ever.
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Commenting on Exodus 25:10-22
And thou shall make staves of shittim wood,.... Of the same, wood the ark was made of, see Exo 25:5 and overlay them with gold; cover them with plates of gold, so that they appeared to be all of gold, the wood being not to be seen.
The ark, plated within and without with pure gold and fitted with a golden rim, was borne by poles that never left the rings, so the bearers could not touch the sacred chest itself. This arrangement enforced reverence and kept defilement at distance from God's most holy vessel.
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Commenting on Exodus 25:10-15