Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.
Parallel translations
- WEB He made the most holy place. Its length, according to the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
- KJV And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
- NKJV And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length was according to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits. He overlaid it with six hundred talents of fine gold.
- NASB Then he made the room of the Most Holy Place: its length across the width of the house was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
- NLT He made the Most Holy Place 30 feet wide, corresponding to the width of the Temple, and 30 feet deep. He overlaid its interior with 23 tons of fine gold.
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The Most Holy Place is twenty cubits square, overlaid with six hundred talents of fine gold. The innermost sanctuary is the costliest, holiest space.
Overview
The perfect cube of the Most Holy Place, lavishly covered in gold, houses the ark and represents God's throne room on earth. Its inestimable value reflects the holiness of God's dwelling. This inner sanctuary, entered only by the high priest once a year, points to the access into God's presence opened by Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Exod 26:33And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
- Heb 9:9It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
- Heb 9:3Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,
- 1 Kgs 6:19–20Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
- 1 Kgs 6:16He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
- Heb 10:19Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
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