Hebrews 9:3

New Century Version

Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:16

A room thirty feet long was built in the back part of the Temple. This room, called the Most Holy Place, was separated from the rest of the Temple by cedar boards which reached from floor to ceiling.

1 Kings 8:6

Then the priests put the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord in its place inside the Most Holy Place in the Temple, under the wings of the golden creatures.

2 Chronicles 3:14

He made the curtain of blue, purple, and red thread, and expensive linen, and he put designs of creatures with wings in it.

Exodus 40:21

Next he brought the Ark into the Tent and hung the curtain to cover the Ark, just as the Lord commanded him.

Exodus 40:3

Put the Ark of the Agreement in it and hang the curtain in front of the Ark.

Isaiah 25:7

On this mountain God will destroy the veil that covers all nations, the veil that stretches over all peoples;

Ezekiel 41:4

Then the man measured the room at the end of the Holy Place. It was thirty-five feet long and thirty-five feet wide. The man said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”

Numbers 4:5

When the Israelites are ready to move, Aaron and his sons must go into the Holy Tent, take down the curtain, and cover the Ark of the Agreement with it.

Matthew 27:51

Then the curtain in the Temple was torn into two pieces, from the top to the bottom. Also, the earth shook and rocks broke apart.

Hebrews 6:19

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and strong. It enters behind the curtain in the Most Holy Place in heaven,

Hebrews 9:7

But only the high priest could go into the second room, and he did that only once a year. He could never enter the inner room without taking blood with him, which he offered to God for himself and for sins the people did without knowing they did them.

Hebrews 9:8

The Holy Spirit uses this to show that the way into the Most Holy Place was not open while the system of the old Holy Tent was still being used.