badgers' skins: This was not the covering of badgers' skins made for the tabernacle, which was carried by the Gershonites - Num 4:24, and Num 4:25, but one made for the purpose of concealing and sheltering the ark when it was to be carried. a cloth: Num 4:7, Num 4:8, Num 4:11-13, Exo 35:19, Exo 39:1, Exo 39:41 and shall put: Wesamoo baddaiv, rather, "and adjust the staves thereof;" i.e., dispose them rightly under the covering, that they might be laid on their shoulders: for the staves were never taken out of the rings. the staves: Exo 25:13-15, 1Ki 8:7, 1Ki 8:8 Reciprocal: Num 4:10 - General Num 4:13 - General 1Ch 15:15 - bare the ark 2Ch 5:8 - the staves