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• Holy of Holies

  The Holy of Holies, or Most Holy Place, was the innermost chamber of the tabernacle and of the Temple in Jerusalem. The ark of the covenant was kept there, and only the high priest could enter it, once a year on the Day of Atonement.

• Holy Place

  The holy place (Korean seongso, 聖所), or sanctuary, is a sacred place set apart for God. In its narrower sense, it refers to the outer room of the tabernacle and the temple, located in front of the Most Holy Place, where the lampstand, the table of showbread, and the altar of incense stood.

• Temple Veil

  The temple veil was the curtain that separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place in the tabernacle and the Jerusalem temple. Only the high priest could pass behind it, and only once a year. The Gospels record that the veil was torn when Jesus died.

• Mercy Seat

  The mercy seat was the slab of pure gold that covered the Ark of the Covenant in the Most Holy Place of the tabernacle. On the Day of Atonement the high priest sprinkled blood on it, and it was the place where God met with Moses and spoke to him.

• Veil (Tabernacle and Temple)

  The veil was the curtain that separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place in the tabernacle and the Jerusalem temple. The Gospels record that the veil of the temple was torn when Jesus died on the cross.

• Altar of Incense

  The altar of incense was a small gold-overlaid altar that stood in the Holy Place of the Old Testament tabernacle and temple, in front of the veil of the Most Holy Place, where incense was burned morning and evening. Also called the incense altar or the golden altar, it becomes a symbol of prayer in Scripture.

• 2 Chronicles 5

  This chapter records how Solomon brought the Ark of the Covenant into the Most Holy Place of the completed temple, and how the cloud of the LORD's glory filled the temple as the Levites and priests praised God together.

• Day of Atonement

  The Day of Atonement was an annual holy day of Old Testament Israel, observed on the tenth day of the seventh month, on which the high priest entered the Most Holy Place to make atonement for the sins of the people and for the sanctuary. Its procedure is described in Leviticus 16.

• Ezekiel 41

  Ezekiel 41 records the part of Ezekiel's vision in which a guide measures the new temple's holy place and Most Holy Place, the side chambers surrounding the temple, the building to the west, the wall decorations carved with cherubim and palm trees, and the wooden altar and doors.

• Ark of the Covenant

  The Ark of the Covenant was a gold-overlaid wooden chest made at God's command in the time of Moses. It held the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments and was kept in the Most Holy Place of the tabernacle and later of the temple. It is also known as the "Ark of the Law."

• High Priest

  The high priest held the foremost position among the priests of Old Testament Israel, an office whose holder entered the Most Holy Place on the Day of Atonement to make atonement for the people. The New Testament Epistle to the Hebrews presents Jesus Christ as the eternal High Priest.

• Leviticus 16

  Leviticus 16 contains the regulations for the Day of Atonement, when the high priest Aaron enters the Most Holy Place once a year to make atonement for himself, for the people, and for the sanctuary. It describes the rite in which one of two goats is sent into the wilderness for Azazel.

• 2 Chronicles 3

  2 Chronicles 3 records how Solomon began building the temple on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem and made the main hall, the Most Holy Place, the two cherubim, the veil, and the two pillars named Jachin and Boaz.

• Exodus 26

  Exodus 26 is the chapter in which God instructs Moses on the construction of the tabernacle itself. It describes how to make the multiple layers of curtains and the skin coverings, the boards of shittim wood with their silver sockets, the veil dividing the holy place from the most holy place, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle.

• Hebrews 9:27

  Hebrews 9:27 states that human beings die once and afterward face judgment. Although the verse serves as an analogy explaining Christ's once-for-all sacrifice, it is frequently cited in discussions of death, judgment after death, and the rejection of reincarnation.

• Investigative Judgment

  The investigative judgment is a doctrine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church teaching that since 1844 Christ has been conducting a judgment in the heavenly sanctuary, examining the records of believers before His Second Coming.

• Censer

  A censer was a portable vessel used in the tabernacle and the Temple to hold live coals from the altar, either for burning incense or for carrying fire. In the Book of Revelation it appears as a golden censer offered before God together with the prayers of the saints.

• 1 Kings 8

  1 Kings 8 recounts Solomon's dedication of the completed temple in Jerusalem: he brings in the ark of the covenant and dedicates the house with a prayer of dedication, blessings, peace offerings, and a fourteen-day feast.

• Kore

  Kore, the son of the Levite Imnah, lived in the southern kingdom of Judah during the reign of King Hezekiah. He was the gatekeeper of the east gate of the temple and was placed in charge of distributing the freewill offerings and the most holy things (2 Chronicles 31:14).

• Biblical Inspiration

  Biblical inspiration is the Christian doctrine that the Bible was written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit of God. Denominations and scholars differ in their understanding of the extent and mode of inspiration.