1 Kings 8:9

There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

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WEBBE

There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

BSB

There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.

KJV

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

ASV

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

BBE

There was nothing in the ark but the two flat stones which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made an agreement with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt.

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אֵין 'ein there not H369 בָּאָרוֹן ba·'a·ron [was] in the ark H727 רַק rak only H7535 שְׁנֵי she·nei [the] two H8147 לֻחוֹת lu·chot [the] tablets of H3871 הָאֲבָנִים ha·'a·va·nim (the) stone(s) H68 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 הִנִּחַ hi·ni·ach he placed H5117 שָׁם sham there H8033 מֹשֶׁה mo·sheh Moses H4872 בְּחֹרֵב be·cho·rev at Horeb H2722 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher where H834 כָּרַת ka·rat he made H3772 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 עִם־ 'im- with H5973 בְּנֵי be·nei [the] people of H1121 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 בְּצֵאתָם be·tze·tam when came out they H3318 מֵאֶרֶץ me·'e·retz from [the] land of H776 מִצְרָיִם mitz·ra·yim Egypt H4714

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–11

The bringing in the ark, is the end which must crown the work: this was done with great solemnity. The ark was fixed in the place appointed for its rest in the inner part of the house, whence they expected God to speak to them, even in the most holy place. The staves of the ark were drawn out, so as to direct the high priest to the mercy-seat over the ark, when he went in, once a year, to sprinkle the blood there; so that they continued of use, though there was no longer occasion to carry it by them. The glory of God appearing in a cloud may signify, 1. The darkness of that dispensation, in comparison with the light of the gospel, by which, with open face, we behold, as in a glass, the glory of the Lord. 2. The darkness of our present state, in comparison with the sight of God, which will be the happiness of heaven, where the Divine glory is unveiled.

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