place
Most Holy Place
קֹ֫דֶשׁ קֹ֫דֶשׁἅγιον
The Most Holy Place was the innermost room of the tabernacle and temple, where the Ark of the Covenant was kept.
- verses
- 11
- first named
- 1 Kings 6:16
- last named
- Hebrews 9:25
- feature
- altar
Description
Most Holy Place in the text
The Most Holy Place, also known as the Holy of Holies, was the innermost room of the tabernacle and later the temple in Jerusalem. It was separated from the Holy Place by a veil (Exod. 26:31-33). The Ark of the Covenant, which contained the tablets of the Ten Commandments, was kept in the Most Holy Place (Exod. 25:10-22; 1Kgs. 8:6). The high priest entered the Most Holy Place only once a year, on the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for the sins of the people (Lev. 16). The Most Holy Place was a perfect cube, measuring 20 cubits in length, width, and height (1Kgs. 6:20; 2Chr. 3:8). It was overlaid with pure gold and contained gold cherubim (1Kgs. 6:28; 2Chr. 3:10-13). The Most Holy Place represented the dwelling place of God among His people.
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- Solomon3 events
- Jesus1 event
- Jerusalem1 event
- Moses1 event
- Aaron1 event
- Levi1 event
- Blood1 event
- Holy Place1 event
- House Of The Lord1 event
- Moriah Mount1 event
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Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 11, across 5 books.
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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.
- 1 Kings 6The Most Holy Place received the ark, the altar, gold throughout, and two cherubim whose wings met in its middle.
- 1 Kings 8The Most Holy Place received the ark beneath the wings of the cherubim.
- 2 Chronicles 3The Most Holy Place was made twenty cubits long and wide, overlaid with fine gold, and furnished with two golden cherubim.
- 2 Chronicles 4The Most Holy Place received gold doors within the temple.
- Ezekiel 41The Most Holy Place was measured as a room twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.
- Ezekiel 45The Most Holy Place is set within the measured sanctuary in the holy portion of the land.
- Hebrews 9The Most Holy Place stood behind the second curtain; the high priest entered it once a year with blood, while Christ entered it once for all.
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