7. The priests carried the chest into the most holy place and put it under the winged creatures,
8. whose wings covered the chest and the poles used for carrying it.
9. The poles were so long that they could be seen from just outside the most holy place, but not from anywhere else. And they stayed there from then on.
10. The only things kept in the chest were the two flat stones Moses had put there when the Lord made his agreement with the people of Israel at Mount Sinai, after bringing them out of Egypt.