Exodus 27:6-7 - Exposition

Staves , or polos, were needed for the carriage of the altar from place to place, as for the ark ( Exodus 25:13 ) and the table of shew-bread ( Exodus 25:28 ). They were to be inserted into the rings mentioned in Exodus 27:4 . As the altar was of bronze, so the rings were to be of bronze, and the staves overlaid with bronze. There is a gradual descent in the preciousness of the materials from the holy of holies to the holy place, and from that to the court.