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The cherubim’s wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.[a] The poles were so long their ends extending out from the ark were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point.[b] They have remained there to this very day. 10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb.[c] (It was there that[d] the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 5:8 sn These poles were used to carry the ark. The Levites were to carry it with the poles on their shoulders. See Exod 25:13-15; 1 Chr 15:15.
  2. 2 Chronicles 5:9 tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 5:10 sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (cf. Exod 3:1).
  4. 2 Chronicles 5:10 tn Heb “in Horeb where.”

The cherubim(A) spread their wings over the place of the ark and covered the ark and its carrying poles. These poles were so long that their ends, extending from the ark, could be seen from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today. 10 There was nothing in the ark except(B) the two tablets(C) that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.

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