Hebrews 9:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,”
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BSBPD
“Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of holies;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and after the second vail a tabernacle that is called `Holy of holies,'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Hebrews 9:3 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 26:31Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
- Exodus 36:35Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
- Exodus 40:3Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.
- Exodus 40:21Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- 1 Kings 8:6Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
- 2 Chronicles 3:14He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
- Isaiah 25:7On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;
- Ezekiel 41:4Then 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.”
- Matthew 27:51At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
- Hebrews 6:19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,
- Hebrews 9:8By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
- Hebrews 10:19Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
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