1 Kings 6:16Easy To Read VersionThey built a room 20 cubits [40] long deep inside the back part of the temple. They covered the walls in this room with cedar boards. The cedar boards went from the floor to the ceiling. This room was called the Most Holy Place. See the chapter |
Then Solomon made the Most Holy Place. {\cf2\super [31]} The Most Holy Place was 20 cubits {\cf2\super [32]} long and 20 cubits {\cf2\super [33]} wide. It was as wide as the temple {\cf2\super [34]} was. Solomon put pure gold on the walls of the Most Holy Place. The gold weighed about 23 tons. {\cf2\super [35]}
The Lord said, “Talk to your brother Aaron. Tell him that he cannot go behind the curtain into the Most Holy Place [263] anytime he wants to. The Holy Box [264] is in the room behind that curtain. The special cover [265] is on top of that Holy Box. And I appear in a cloud over that special cover. If Aaron goes into that room, he might die!