KJV King James Version
And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy [place] before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
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1 Kings 8:8
And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy [place] before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
WEB World English Bible
The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen outside: and there they are to this day.
ASV American Standard Version
And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they lengthen the staves, and the heads of the staves are seen from the holy place on the front of the oracle, and are not seen without, and they are there unto this day.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 8
5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, [were] with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy [place, even] under the wings of the cherubims.
7 For the cherubims spread forth [their] two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy [place] before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
9 [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.
10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy [place], that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
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וַֽיַּאֲרִכוּ֮H748 · a.rakhto prolongהַבַּדִּים֒H905 · badalone: poleוַיֵּרָאוּ֩H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeרָאשֵׁ֨יH7218 · roshheadהַבַּדִּ֤יםH905 · badalone: poleמִן־H4480 · minfromהַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙H6944 · qo.deshholinessעַל־H5921 · aluponפְּנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהַדְּבִ֔ירH1687 · de.virsanctuaryוְלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotיֵרָא֖וּH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeהַח֑וּצָהH2351 · chutsoutsideוַיִּ֣הְיוּH1961 · ha.yahto beשָׁ֔םH8033 · shamthereעַ֖דH5704 · adtillהַיּ֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַזֶּֽה׃H2088 · zehthis
Cross-references
Exodus 37:4-5And he made staves [of] shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.Exodus 25:13-15And thou shalt make staves [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.Joshua 4:9And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.Matthew 28:15So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.2 Chronicles 5:9And 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.Exodus 40:20And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
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