Leviticus 16:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell your brother Aaron that he may not come whenever he wants into the holy place  behind the curtain  in front of the mercy seat  on the ark or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud  above the mercy seat.

Cross References

Exodus 30:10

‘Once a year Aaron is to perform the atonement ceremony for the altar. Throughout your generations he is to perform the atonement ceremony for  it once a year, with the blood of the sin offering for atonement on the horns.  The altar is especially holy to the Lord.’

Hebrews 9:25

He did not do this to offer himself many times, as the high priest enters the sanctuary yearly with the blood of another.

Matthew 27:51

Suddenly, the curtain of the sanctuary  was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth quaked, and the rocks were split.

2 Chronicles 5:14

And because of the cloud, the priests were not able to continue ministering, for the glory of the Lord filled God’s temple.

1 Kings 8:6

The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the most holy place  beneath the wings of the cherubim.

Hebrews 9:3

Behind the second curtain was a tent called the most holy place.

Numbers 17:10

The Lord told Moses, ‘Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the testimony to be kept as a sign  for the rebels, so that you may put an end to their complaints before me, or else they will die.’

Numbers 4:19

Do this for them so that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy objects:  Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and transportation duty.

Leviticus 23:27

‘The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement.  You are to hold a sacred assembly and practise self-denial;  you are to present a food offering to the Lord.

Leviticus 16:13

He is to put the incense on the fire before the Lord, so that the cloud  of incense covers the mercy seat that is over the testimony,  or else he will die.

Leviticus 8:35

You must remain at the entrance to the tent of meeting day and night for seven days and keep the Lord’s charge  so that you will not die,  for this is what I was commanded.’

Hebrews 6:19

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.

Hebrews 9:5

The cherubim of glory were above the ark overshadowing the mercy seat. It is not possible to speak about these things in detail at the moment.

Revelation 15:8

Then the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power,  and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

Numbers 4:5

Whenever the camp is about to move on, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the screening curtain, and cover the ark of the testimony with it.

1 Kings 6:16

Then he lined nine metres of the rear of the temple with cedar boards from the floor to the surface of the ceiling,  and he built the interior as an inner sanctuary, the most holy place.

Leviticus 16:34

This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement for the Israelites once a year  because of all their sins.’ And all this was done as the Lord commanded Moses.

Numbers 18:7

But you and your sons will carry out your priestly responsibilities  for everything concerning the altar and for what is inside the curtain, and you will do that work. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift,  but an unauthorised person who comes near the sanctuary will be put to death.’