Related for Yoma 106:11
ולא היה מתכוון להזות לא למעלה ולא למטה אלא כמצליף וכך היה מונה אחת אחת ואחת אחת ושתים אחת ושלש אחת וארבע אחת וחמש אחת ושש אחת ושבע יצא והניחו על כן הזהב שבהיכל
THREE FINGERS ABOVE THE GROUND, ON WHICH HE WOULD PLACE [THE PAN OF BURNING COALS]. HE WOULD TAKE THE BLOOD FROM HIM WHO WAS STIRRING IT, AND ENTER [AGAIN] INTO THE PLACE WHERE HE HAD ENTERED,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Into the Holy of Holies.');"><sup>14</sup></span> AND STAND [AGAIN] ON THE PLACE ON WHICH HE HAD STOOD,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Between the two staves.');"><sup>15</sup></span>
Tosefta Shekalim (Lieberman)
R. Eliezer says: The ark was banished to Babylon, for it says "Nothing (לא ... דבר) will remain, says YHWH". By "Dabar" is meant nothing other than the commandments (דברות) that [lie] in it. R. Shimon says: Behold! the [scripture] says: “After a year the king sent Nebuchadnezzar in and had him brought to Babylon in with the precious vessels of the house YHWH's”. [What are these] “precious vessels of YHWH's house”? This is the ark. R. Yehuda ben Lakish says: The ark was hidden in its place because it says: “And the poles were so long that the tips could only be seen in the sanctuary in front of the interior, but they were not visible to the outside. And they have remained there to this day."
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