Then he lined nine metres of the rear of the temple with cedar boards from the floor to the surface of the ceiling, and he built the interior as an inner sanctuary, the most holy place.
Hebrews 9:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Behind the second curtain was a tent called the most holy place. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But [inside] beyond the second curtain or veil, [there stood another] tabernacle [division] known as the Holy of Holies. [Exod. 26:31-33.] American Standard Version (1901) And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of holies; Common English Bible There was a tent behind the second curtain called the holy of holies. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, beyond the second veil, was the tabernacle, which is called the Holy of Holies, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And after the second veil, the tabernacle, which is called the holy of holies: |
Then he lined nine metres of the rear of the temple with cedar boards from the floor to the surface of the ceiling, and he built the interior as an inner sanctuary, the most holy place.
The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the most holy place beneath the wings of the cherubim.
He made the curtain of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, and he wove cherubim into it.
He brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the curtain for the screen, and screened off the ark of the testimony, just as the Lord had commanded him.
Put the ark of the testimony there and screen off the ark with the curtain.
On this mountain he will swallow up the burial shroud, the shroud over all the peoples, the sheet covering all the nations.
He then measured the length of the room adjacent to the great hall, 10.6 metres, and the width, 10.6 metres. And he said to me, ‘This is the most holy place.’
Whenever the camp is about to move on, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the screening curtain, and cover the ark of the testimony with it.
Suddenly, the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth quaked, and the rocks were split.
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.
But the high priest alone enters the second room, and he does that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
The Holy Spirit was making it clear that the way into the most holy place had not yet been disclosed while the first tabernacle was still standing.