Hebrews 9:2

Easy To Read Version

This place was inside a tent. The first area in the tent was called the Holy Place. In the Holy Place were the lamp and the table with the special bread offered to God.

Cross References

Exodus 25:23

“Make a table from acacia wood. The table must be 2 cubits [179] long, 1 cubit [180] wide, and 1 1/2 cubits [181] high.

Exodus 25:30

Put the special bread [183] before me on the table. It must always be there in front of me.

Exodus 25:31

“Then you must make a lampstand. Use pure gold and hammer it to make the base and the shaft. [184] Make flowers, buds, and petals from pure gold. Join all these things together into one piece.

Exodus 26:1

{The Lord said to Moses,} “The Holy Tent [188] should be made from ten curtains. These curtains must be made from fine linen [189] and blue, purple, and red yarn. A skilled worker should sew pictures of Cherub angels [190] with wings into the curtains.

Exodus 26:33

Put the curtain under the gold rings. [205] Then put the Box of the Agreement [206] behind the curtain. This curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

Exodus 26:35

“{In the Holy Place} on the other side of the curtain put the special table you made. The table should be on the north side of the Holy Tent. [208] Then put the lampstand on the south side. This will be across from the table.

Exodus 29:1

{Then the Lord said to Moses,} “Now I will tell you what you must do to show that Aaron and his sons serve me in a special way as priests. Find one young bull and two young goats that have nothing wrong with them.

Exodus 29:35

“You must do all these things for Aaron and his sons. You must do them exactly as I told you. The ceremony for appointing them to be priests must continue for seven days.

Exodus 40:2

“On the first day of the first month, set up the Holy Tent, [481] that is, the Meeting Tent.

Exodus 40:4

Then bring in the table. Put the things on the table that should be there. Then put the lampstand in the Tent. Put the lamps on the lampstand in the right places.

Matthew 12:4

David went into God’s house. David and the people with him ate the bread that was offered to God. It was against the law for David or the people with him to eat that bread. Only the priests were allowed to eat it.

Matthew 5:15

And people don’t hide a light under a bowl. No. People put the light on a lamp table. Then the light shines for all the people in the house.

Hebrews 9:25

The high priest {\cf2\super [117]} enters the Most Holy Place once every year. He takes with him blood to offer. But he does not offer his own blood \{like Christ did\}. Christ went into heaven, but not to offer himself many times like the high priest \{offers blood again and again\}.