⁸ The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from outside; they are there to this day.^(A)

⁴ He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold ⁵ and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.

¹³ You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. ¹⁴ And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, for carrying the ark. ¹⁵ The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed.

¹⁵ So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story is still told among the Judeans to this day.

⁹ The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place^[a] in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from outside; they are there to this day.^(A)

⁹ (Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant had stood, and they are there to this day.)^(A)

²⁰ He took the covenant and put it into the ark and put the poles on the ark and set the cover above the ark,^(A)