Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 8:4:
- Kupsabiny: “When all the elders of Israel had arrived to that place, the priests lifted/carried the Box of the Covenant to the House of God and the Levites carried the Tent of God and its items.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then the priests and the Levites carried the Ark of the covenant, the Tent of Meeting and all of its many holy items of furniture and all the implements up.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When all the ones-who-rule of Israel have-gathered, the priests and the Levites took the Box of the LORD, including the Meeting-Together-Place Tent and the holy things-for-use in-it, and they brought them all going-up to the temple.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “and brought it to the temple. The descendants of Levi who assisted the priests helped them to carry to the temple the Sacred Tent and all the sacred things that had been in the tent.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
