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Close low oblique view from golden nave toward inner sanctuary: two long gold-covered parallel carrying poles extend from canonical Ark toward sanctuary entrance, poles fully inside house, foreground edge blue-purple-crimson veil drawn aside. Golden carved guardian wings glimpsed deep background, no people or exterior view.
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2 Chronicles 5:9

The Long Carrying Poles

The Ark and the Filling Cloud · 2 Chronicles 5

Story guide: The carrying poles project toward the sanctuary entrance while remaining inside the house.

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9And the poles were so long that the heads of the poles were seen from the ark before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from outside; and they are there to this day.

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