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Holy Place
קֹ֫דֶשׁἅγιον
The Holy Place was the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle and Temple.
- verses
- 35
- first named
- Exodus 26:33
- last named
- Hebrews 13:11
- feature
- room
Description
Holy Place in the text
The Holy Place refers to the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle and later the Temple, where the priests performed their duties. It was separated from the outer court by a veil (Exodus 26:33). The Holy Place contained the lampstand, the table of showbread, and the altar of incense (Exodus 31:8; 35:19; 39:1). Only consecrated priests could enter the Holy Place (Exodus 28:29,43; 29:30). Rituals performed there included burning incense and presenting offerings (Leviticus 6:30; Numbers 28:7). The Holy Place represented God's presence among His people, though access was restricted. In the New Testament, Christ's sacrifice opened the way for believers to enter God's presence (Hebrews 9:12; 10:19).
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
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Stands in the same events as
- Aaron2 events
- Levi2 events
- Sin1 event
- Burnt Offering1 event
- Blood1 event
- Hezekiah1 event
- Garment1 event
- Incense1 event
- Josiah1 event
- Drink Offering1 event
- Kidron1 event
- Most Holy Place1 event
and 2 more, ordered by how many events they share.
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 35, across 7 books. The name is written 36 times in them.
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
What happened here
Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- Exodus 26The Holy Place was separated from the Most Holy Place by a cherubim-worked veil, with the table and lampstand set outside it on opposite sides.
- Exodus 28The Holy Place was entered and approached by Aaron and his sons in their appointed garments, under threat of guilt and death.
- Exodus 29The Holy Place is entered by the succeeding priest, who must wear Aaron’s holy garments there for seven days.
- Exodus 31The Holy Place received woven garments, anointing oil, and fragrant incense among the things to be made.
- Exodus 35The holy place is named as the place where the woven garments are to be used in ministering.
- Exodus 39The sanctuary and Tent of Meeting were completed with their furnishings, coverings, courtyard, and garments for ministry.
- Leviticus 6The Holy Place is where atonement by the sin offering’s blood determines that the offering must be burned rather than eaten.
- Leviticus 16The Holy Place is entered only under strict instruction, covered with incense, sprinkled with blood, and purified because of Israel’s impurities.
7 more chapters, from Numbers 28 to Hebrews 13
- Numbers 28The sanctuary area received the poured-out offering of fermented drink.
- 1 Kings 8The Holy Place gave sight of the ark's poles, though their ends could not be seen from outside.
- Ezekiel 41The Holy Place was measured with its pillars, entrance, doors, cherubim, palm trees, and wooden table before the LORD.
- Hebrews 8The sanctuary and true tabernacle is where the high priest ministers, while the earthly place of service is called a copy and shadow of what is in heaven.
- Hebrews 9The Holy Place held the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread, and priests entered it regularly to perform their sacred duties.
- Hebrews 10The Most Holy Place became the destination of a confident approach through the blood of Jesus.
- Hebrews 13The high priest brought animal blood into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin.
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