New Revised Standard Version
The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside; they are there to this day.

Contemporary English Version
The poles were so long that they could be seen from right outside the most holy place, but not from anywhere else. And they stayed there from then on.

New American Bible
The poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary. They cannot be seen from outside, but they remain there to this day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And whereas the staves stood out, the ends of them were seen without, in the sanctuary before the oracle, but were not seen farther out, and there they have been unto this day.

And whereas the staves stood out, the ends of them were seen without, in the sanctuary before the oracle, but were not seen farther out, and there they have been unto this day.

drew out the staves

Exodus 25:14,15 And thou shalt put them in through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, that it may be carried on them: . . .

Exodus 37:4,5 And he made bars of setim wood, which he overlaid with gold, . . .

Exodus 40:20 And he put the testimony in the ark, thrusting bars underneath, and the oracle above.

ends [heb] heads

2 Chronicles 5:9 Now the ends of the staves wherewith the ark was carried, because they were some thing longer, were seen before the oracle: but if a man were a little outward, he could not see them. So the ark has been there unto this day.

unto this day

Joshua 4:9 And Joshua put other twelve stones in the midst of the channel of the Jordan, where the priests stood that carried the ark of the covenant: and they are there until this present day.

Matthew 28:15 So they taking the money, did as they were taught: and this word was spread abroad among the Jews even unto this day.