They built a room 20 cubits [40] long deep inside the back part of the temple. They covered the walls in this room with cedar boards. The cedar boards went from the floor to the ceiling. This room was called the Most Holy Place.
Hebrews 9:3 - Easy To Read Version Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place. {\cf2\super [93]} 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: |
They built a room 20 cubits [40] long deep inside the back part of the temple. They covered the walls in this room with cedar boards. The cedar boards went from the floor to the ceiling. This room was called the Most Holy Place.
Then the priests put the Box of the Agreement of the Lord in its right place. This was inside the Most Holy Place in the temple. The Box of the Agreement was put under the wings of the Cherub angels. [108]
Solomon made the curtain {\cf2\super [42]} by using blue, purple, and red materials and expensive linen. {\cf2\super [43]} Solomon made Cherub angels on the curtain.
Then Moses put the Holy Box into the Holy Tent. [496] He hung the curtain in the right place to protect it. In this way, he protected the Box of the Agreement [497] {behind the curtain} like the Lord had commanded him.
Put the Box of the Agreement [482] in the Holy Tent. Cover the Box with the curtain.
But now, there is a veil {\cf2\super [237]} covering all nations and people. This veil is called, “death.”
Then the man measured the length of the room. It was 20 cubits {\cf2\super [368]} long and 20 cubits {\cf2\super [369]} wide. The man said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
“When the people of Israel travel to a new place, then Aaron and his sons must go into the Meeting Tent [53] and take down the curtain and cover the Holy Box of the Agreement [54] with it.
When Jesus died, the curtain in the temple {\cf2\super [434]} was torn into two pieces. The tear started at the top and tore all the way to the bottom. Also, the earth shook and rocks were broken.
We have this hope. And it is like an anchor. It is strong and sure and keeps us safe. It goes behind the curtain {\cf2\super [51]} \{in the heavenly temple\}.
But only the high priest {\cf2\super [100]} could go into the second room. And the high priest went into that room only once a year. And the high priest could never enter that room without taking blood with him. The priest offered that blood to God for himself and for the people’s sins. Those sins were the sins the people did without knowing that they were sinning.
The Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [101]} uses those two separate rooms to teach us this: that the way into the Most Holy Place {\cf2\super [102]} was not open while that first room was still there.