2 Chronicles 5:10

⁸ For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.

⁹ The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.

There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.

¹¹ Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions. And when the priests came out of the Holy Place,

¹² all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.

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BSB: There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
KJV: There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
WEB: There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
ASV: There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put [there] at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
DARBY: There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made [a covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
BLB: Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets that Moses gave at Horeb, when YHWH cut with the sons of Israel in their going out from Egypt.

ÅB: Det var intet i arken uten de to tavler som Moses hadde lagt ned i den ved Horeb, dengang Herren gjorde pakt med Israels barn da de dro ut av Egypt.
OTB: Det var ingenting i arken unntatt de to tavlene som Moses la der ved Horeb, hvor Herren opprettet en pakt med Israels sønner, da de kom ut av Egypt.
B1930: Det var intet i arken uten de to tavler som Moses hadde lagt ned i den ved Horeb, dengang Herren gjorde pakt med Israels barn da de drog ut av Egypten.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Hebrews 9:4
containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
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2 Chronicles 6:11
And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”
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Exodus 24:7–8
Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
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Exodus 19:5
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
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Deuteronomy 10:2–5
And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”
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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.
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Exodus 32:19
As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.
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Jeremiah 31:31–34
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
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