He measured its length, twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said to me, This is the most holy place.
Parallel translations
- KJV So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.
- BSB Then he measured the room adjacent to the inner sanctuary to be twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
- NKJV He measured the length, twenty cubits; and the width, twenty cubits, beyond the sanctuary; and he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
- NASB And he measured its length, twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, before the sanctuary; and he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
- NLT The inner room of the sanctuary was 35 feet long and 35 feet wide. “This,” he told me, “is the Most Holy Place.”
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Quick answer
The inner room measured twenty cubits square, and the guide declares it the Most Holy Place. This is the dwelling place of God's presence, the holiest of all.
Overview
The guide identifies the perfect cube-like inner chamber as the Most Holy Place, corresponding to the holiest room in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 6:20). It represents the very dwelling of God among his people. The veil that once barred entry was torn at Christ's death (Matthew 27:51), opening the way for all believers to draw near.
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Cross-references · 7
- 1 Kgs 6:20Within the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height; and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he covered the altar with cedar.
- Heb 9:3–8After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,
- 2 Chr 3:8He 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.
- Exod 26:33–34You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil: and the veil shall separate the holy place from the most holy for you.
- 1 Kgs 6:16He built twenty cubits on the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built them for it within, for an inner sanctuary, even for the most holy place.
- 1 Kgs 6:5Against the wall of the house, he built floors all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the inner sanctuary; and he made side rooms all around.
- Rev 21:16The city is square, and its length is as great as its width. He measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand twelve stadia. Its length, width, and height are equal.
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