After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,
Parallel translations
- KJV And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
- BSB Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,
- NKJV and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All,
- NASB Behind the second veil there was a tabernacle which is called the Most Holy Place,
- NLT Then there was a curtain, and behind the curtain was the second room called the Most Holy Place.
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- Exod 26:31–33“You shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman shall it be made.
- Exod 40:21He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Matt 27:51Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
- Exod 40:3You shall put the ark of the testimony in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
- 1 Kgs 8:6The priests brought in the ark of Yahweh’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the cherubim’s wings.
- Heb 9:8The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place wasn’t yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing;
- 2 Chr 3:14He made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and ornamented it with cherubim.
- Heb 10:19–20Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
- Isa 25:7He will destroy in this mountain the surface of the covering that covers all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
- Heb 6:19This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
- Exod 36:35–38He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman.
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