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Most Holy Place

קֹ֫דֶשׁ קֹ֫דֶשׁ · qo.desh · H6944Hἅγιον · hagion · G0039H11 mentions in 5 books, most in 2 Chronicles (4)
Illustration — not a likeness; generated for Gospel Companion in the app's painting style — Most Holy Place
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Where it is

En-shemeshHaelephHaelephNetophahNetophahBeth-azmavethBeth-azmavethGibeonGibeonEtamEtamMost Holy Placeabout 30 km across

31.78° N, 35.23° E · Located through Jerusalem

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Mentioned most in

2 Chronicles · 41 Kings · 3Ezekiel · 21 Chronicles · 1Hebrews · 1
Counted from 11 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

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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Every mention

11 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
1 KingsChapter 6: 1 mentionChapter 7: 1 mentionChapter 8: 1 mention3 mentions
1 Kings 6:16He built twenty cubits of the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built this within, for an inner sanctuary, even for the most holy place.1 Kings 7:50the cups, the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house…1 Kings 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.
1 ChroniclesChapter 6: 1 mention1 mention
1 Chronicles 6:49But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that…
2 ChroniclesChapter 3: 2 mentionsChapter 4: 1 mentionChapter 5: 1 mention4 mentions
2 Chronicles 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…2 Chronicles 3:10In the most holy place he made two cherubim by carving, and they overlaid them with gold.2 Chronicles 4:22and the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and the fire pans of pure gold. As for the entry of the house, its inner doors for the most holy place and the doors of the main hall of the…2 Chronicles 5:7The 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 wings of the cherubim.
EzekielChapter 41: 1 mentionChapter 45: 1 mention2 mentions
Ezekiel 41:4He measured its length, twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, before the nave. He said to me, “This is the most holy place.”Ezekiel 45:3Of this measure you shall measure a length of twenty-five thousand, and a width of ten thousand. In it shall be the sanctuary, which is most holy.
HebrewsChapter 9: 1 mention1 mention
Hebrews 9:3After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,

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