And the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark so that the cherubim formed a cover above the ark and its poles. The poles were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place[a](A) in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen from outside; they are still there today. 10 Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had put in it at Horeb,[b](B) where the Lord had made a covenant with the Israelites when they came out of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:9 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read the ark; 1Kg 8:8
  2. 5:10 = Sinai

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