Leviticus 16:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The Lord said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to come just at any time into the sanctuary inside the curtain before the cover that is upon the ark, or he will die, for I appear in the cloud upon the cover.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:16

He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the rafters, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as the most holy place.

1 Kings 8:6

Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, in the inner sanctuary of the house, the most holy place, underneath the wings of the cherubim.

2 Chronicles 5:14

so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.

Exodus 30:10

Once a year Aaron shall perform the rite of atonement on its horns. Throughout your generations he shall perform the atonement for it once a year with the blood of the atoning purification offering. It is most holy to the Lord.”

Leviticus 16:13

and put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may shroud the cover that is upon the covenant, or he will die.

Leviticus 16:34

This shall be an everlasting statute for you, to make atonement for the Israelites once in the year 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; it shall be a holy convocation for you: you shall humble yourselves and present the Lord’s offering by fire,

Leviticus 8:35

You shall remain at the entrance of the tent of meeting day and night for seven days, keeping the Lord’s charge so that you do not die, for so have I been commanded.”

Numbers 17:10

And the Lord said to Moses, “Put back the staff of Aaron before the covenant, to be kept as a warning to rebels, so that you may make an end of their complaints against me, or else they will die.”

Numbers 18:7

But you and your sons with you shall diligently perform your priestly duties in all that concerns the altar and the area behind the curtain. I give your priesthood as a gift; any outsider who approaches shall be put to death.”

Numbers 4:19

This is how you shall deal with them in order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign each to a particular task or burden.

Numbers 4:5

“When the camp is to set out, 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

At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, and the rocks were split.

Hebrews 6:19

We have this hope, a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters the inner shrine behind the curtain,

Hebrews 9:25

Nor was it to offer himself again and again, as the high priest enters the holy place year after year with blood that is not his own,

Hebrews 9:3

Behind the second curtain was a tent called the holy of holies.

Hebrews 9:5

above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the cover of the ark. Of these things we cannot speak now in detail.

Revelation 15:8

and 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 ended.