For the cherubim were spreading their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim covered the ark and its poles from above.
1 Kings 8:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The poles were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen from outside the sanctuary; they are still there today. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The poles were so long that the ends of them were seen from the Holy Place before the Holy of Holies, but they were not seen outside; they are there to this day. American Standard Version (1901) And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day. Common English Bible The carrying poles were so long that their tips could be seen from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, though they weren’t visible from outside. They are still there today. Catholic Public Domain Version And since the bars projected outward, their ends were visible from without, in the Sanctuary before the oracle; but they were not visible farther outward. And they have been in that place even to the present day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And whereas the staves stood out, the ends of them were seen without in the sanctuary before the oracle, but were not seen farther out: and there they have been unto this day. |
For the cherubim were spreading their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim covered the ark and its poles from above.
The poles were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place , in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen from outside; they are still there today.
Moses took the testimony and placed it in the ark, and attached the poles to the ark. He set the mercy seat on top of the ark.
They took the money and did as they were instructed, and this story has been spread among Jewish people to this day.
Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing. The stones are still there today.