וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ בַדֵּ֖י עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים וְצִפִּיתָ֥ אֹתָ֖ם זָהָֽב׃
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And you shall make poles of [badei] shittim wood. These are the carriers of the ark, for with them they held the ark. It should have said, “And you shall make poles [badim],” but according to the hint, it alludes to the 16 men who read from the Torah on Sabbath, Monday, and Thursday, as the numerical value of badei [poles of] indicates. And you shall overlay them with gold — zahav, which is composed of the letters the numerical equivalents of which are seven, five, and two — meaning the seventh day [Sabbath], the fifth day [Thursday], and the second day [Monday]. Similar to this, we explained in Olelot Ephraim, essay 269, about a certain butcher who had a golden table that required 16 men to carry, etc. And the poles shall not be removed, for a covenant has been made — God said, They shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, etc. As it is written, This book of the Torah shall not depart from your mouth (Joshua 1:8).