Holy of Holies
24 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
19 sections
- A Type of Heaven
- Contained: A Written Copy of the Divine Law
- Contained: Aaron's Rod
- Contained: Ark of Testimony
- Contained: Cherubim
- Contained: Golden Censer
- Contained: Mercy-Seat
- Contained: Pot of Manna
- Divided from the Outward Tabernacle by a Vail
- God Appeared In
- Laid Open to View at Christ's Death
- Saints Have Boldness to Enter the True
- The High Priest: Alone to Enter, Once a Year
- The High Priest: Entered, in Ordinary Priest's Dress
- The High Priest: Entered, not Without Blood of Atonement
- The High Priest: Made Atonement For
- The High Priest: Not to Enter, at all Times
- The High Priest: Offered Incense In
- The Priests Allowed to Enter, and Prepare the Holy Things For
A Type of Heaven
- Psalm 102:19 For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
- Hebrews 9:12–13 He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption. …
- Hebrews 9:24 For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
Contained: A Written Copy of the Divine Law
- Deuteronomy 31:26 “Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.
- 2 Kings 22:8 Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it.
Contained: Aaron's Rod
- Numbers 17:10 The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”
- Hebrews 9:4 containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
Contained: Ark of Testimony
- Exodus 26:33 And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
- Exodus 40:3 Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.
- Exodus 40:21 Then 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.
Contained: Cherubim
- Exodus 25:18–22 Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat, …
- 1 Kings 6:23–28 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood. …
Contained: Golden Censer
- Hebrews 9:4 containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
Contained: Mercy-Seat
- Exodus 26:34 Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.
Contained: Pot of Manna
- Exodus 16:33 So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.”
- Hebrews 9:4 containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
Divided from the Outward Tabernacle by a Vail
- Exodus 26:31–33 Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it. …
God Appeared In
- Exodus 25:22 And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
- Leviticus 16:2 And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
Laid Open to View at Christ's Death
- Matthew 27:51 At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.
Saints Have Boldness to Enter the True
- Hebrews 10:19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
The High Priest: Alone to Enter, Once a Year
- Hebrews 9:7 But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
The High Priest: Entered, in Ordinary Priest's Dress
- Leviticus 16:4 He is to wear the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments. He must tie a linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are holy garments, and he must bathe himself with water before he wears them.
The High Priest: Entered, not Without Blood of Atonement
- Leviticus 16:14–15 And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat. …
- Hebrews 9:7 But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
The High Priest: Made Atonement For
- Leviticus 16:15–16 Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it. …
- Leviticus 16:20 When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he is to bring forward the live goat.
- Leviticus 16:33 and make atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, and for the priests and all the people of the assembly.
The High Priest: Not to Enter, at all Times
- Leviticus 16:2 And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
The High Priest: Offered Incense In
- Leviticus 16:12 Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.
The Priests Allowed to Enter, and Prepare the Holy Things For
- Numbers 4:5 Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.
Related topics
Holy of Holies was Called Thethe Sacred VailCherubim in the TempleAtonement for Tabernacle and FurnitureVailMercy-Seat
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.