drew out the staves

Exodus 25:14, 15
Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, in order to carry the ark. . . .

Exodus 37:4, 5
Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. . . .

Exodus 40:20
Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.

ends [heb] heads

2 Chronicles 5:9
The poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.

unto this day

Joshua 4:9
Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing. And the stones are there to this day.

Matthew 28:15
So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.