the Sacred Vail
12 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
10 sections
- (Tearing of) the Death of Christ Which Opened Heaven To
- Designed to Conceal the Ark, Mercy Seat, and the Symbol of
- Hung Between the Holy and Most Holy Place
- Made by Bezaleel for the Tabernacle
- Made by Solomon for the Temple
- Moses Commanded to Make
- Suspended from Four Pillars of Shittim Wood Overlaid With
- The High Priest: Allowed to Enter but Once a Year
- The High Priest: Alone Allowed to Enter Within
- The High Priest: Could not Enter Without Blood
(Tearing of) the Death of Christ Which Opened Heaven To
- Hebrews 10:19–20 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, …
- 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.
Designed to Conceal the Ark, Mercy Seat, and the Symbol of
- Exodus 40:3 Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.
Hung Between the Holy and Most Holy Place
- 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.
- Hebrews 9:3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,
Made by Bezaleel for the Tabernacle
- Exodus 36:35 Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
Made by Solomon for the Temple
- 2 Chronicles 3:14 He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
Moses Commanded to Make
- Exodus 26:31 Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
Suspended from Four Pillars of Shittim Wood Overlaid With
- Exodus 26:32 Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.
The High Priest: Allowed to Enter but Once a Year
- 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.
- 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: Alone Allowed to Enter Within
- Hebrews 9:6–7 When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties. …
The High Priest: Could not Enter Without Blood
- Leviticus 16:3 This is how Aaron is to enter the Holy Place: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.
- 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.
Related topics
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.