2 Chronicles 5:9
7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:
8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.
10 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.
11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.
- WEB
- The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen outside; and it is there to this day.
- ASV
- And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there it is unto this day.
- DARBY
- And the staves were long, so that the ends of the staves were seen outside the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there they are to this day.
- BLB
- And the poles extended, and the ends of the poles of the ark were seen from in front of the inner sanctuary; they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day.
- ÅB
- Stengene var så lange at deres ender, som sto fram fra arken, kunne sees foran koret, men ikke utenfor. Og der har den vært til denne dag.
- OTB
- Men stengene var så lange at endene av arkens stenger kunne sees foran den innerste helligdommen, men de kunne ikke sees utenfor; og de er der den dag i dag.
- B1930
- Stengene var så lange at deres ender, som stod frem fra arken, kunde sees foran koret, men ikke utenfor. Og der har den vært til denne dag.
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Cross references
1 Kings 8:8–9
And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
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