Leviticus 16:2

New American Bible - revised edition

and said to him: Tell your brother Aaron that he is not to come whenever he pleases into the inner sanctuary, inside the veil, in front of the cover on the ark, lest he die, for I reveal myself in a cloud above the ark’s cover.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:16

At the rear of the house a space of twenty cubits was set off by cedar panels from the floor to the ceiling, enclosing the inner sanctuary, the holy of holies.

1 Kings 8:6

The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, the inner sanctuary of the house, the holy of holies, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

2 Chronicles 5:14

The priests could no longer minister because of the cloud, since the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.

Exodus 30:10

Once a year Aaron shall purge its horns. Throughout your generations he is to purge it once a year with the blood of the atoning purification offering. This altar is most sacred to the Lord. Census Tax.

Leviticus 16:13

there before the Lord he shall put incense on the fire, so that a cloud of incense may shield the cover that is over the covenant, else he will die.

Leviticus 16:34

This, then, shall be an everlasting statute for you: once a year atonement shall be made on behalf of the Israelites for all their sins. And Moses did as the Lord had commanded him.

Leviticus 23:27

Now the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You will have a declared holy day. You shall humble yourselves and offer an oblation to the Lord.

Leviticus 8:35

You must remain at the entrance of the tent of meeting day and night for seven days, carrying out the prescriptions of the Lord, so that you do not die, for this is the command I have received.”

Numbers 17:10

Remove yourselves from this community, that I may consume them at once. But they fell prostrate.

Numbers 18:7

But you and your sons with you must take care to exercise your priesthood in whatever concerns the altar and the area within the veil. I give you your priesthood as a gift. Any unauthorized person who comes near shall be put to death. The Priests’ Share of the Sacrifices.

Numbers 4:19

That they may live and not die when they approach the most sacred objects, this is what you shall do for them: Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign to each of them his task and what he must carry;

Numbers 4:5

In breaking camp, Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down the screening curtain and cover the ark of the covenant with it.

Matthew 27:51

And behold, the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, rocks were split,

Hebrews 6:19

This we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, which reaches into the interior behind the veil,

Hebrews 9:25

Not that he might offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters each year into the sanctuary with blood that is not his own;

Hebrews 9:3

Behind the second veil was the tabernacle called the Holy of Holies,

Hebrews 9:5

Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the place of expiation. Now is not the time to speak of these in detail.

Revelation 15:8

Then the temple became so filled with the smoke from God’s glory and might that no one could enter it until the seven plagues of the seven angels had been accomplished.