2 Chronicles 5:9

The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark in front of the inner sanctuary; but they were not seen outside; and it is there to this day.

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WEBBE

The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen outside; and it is there to this day.

BSB

The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.

KJV

And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.

ASV

And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there it is unto this day.

BBE

The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place before the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside; and there they are to this day.

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וַיַּאֲרִיכוּ vai·ya·'a·ri·khu and they were long H748 הַבַּדִּים ha·ba·dim the poles H905 וַיֵּרָאוּ vai·ye·ra·'u and they were visible H7200 רָאשֵׁי ra·shei [the] heads of H7218 הַבַּדִּים ha·ba·dim the poles H905 מִן־ min- from H4480 הָאָרוֹן ha·'a·ron the ark H727 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 פְּנֵי pe·nei [the] face of H6440 הַדְּבִיר ha·de·vir the innermost room H1687 וְלֹא ve·lo' and not H3808 יֵרָאוּ ye·ra·'u they were visible H7200 הַחוּצָה ha·chu·tzah the outside towards H2351 וַיְהִי־ vay·hi- and it was H1961 שָׁם sham there H8033 עַד 'ad until H5704 הַיּוֹם hai·yom the day H3117 הַזֶּה ha·zeh (the) this H2088

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–10

The ark was a type of Christ, and, as such, a token of the presence of God. That gracious promise, Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world, does, in effect, bring the ark into our religious assemblies, if we by faith and prayer plead that promise; and this we should be most earnest for. When Christ is formed in a soul, the law written in the heart, the ark of the covenant settled there, so that it becomes the temple of the Holy Ghost, there is true satisfaction in that soul.

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