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Holy Place

Room mentioned in 23 verses of the Bible, most often in 2 Chronicles.

31.778° N, 35.236° EConfident identification8 books

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Journeys through Holy Place

Jesus’ birth and childhood (c. 6–4 BC and after)
The road to Jerusalem (c. AD 29–30)
The last week and the resurrection (Passover, AD 30 or 33)
Abraham (c. 2000 BC (traditional))
Judah into exile (597 and 586 BC)
The return (538–445 BC)
Paul’s third journey (c. AD 53–57)
Paul’s voyage to Rome (c. AD 59–60)

Where it appears

2 Chronicles (5), Hebrews (5), Ezekiel (4), 1 Kings (3), Luke (3), 1 Chronicles (1), Psalms (1), Matthew (1)

Key verses

1 Kings 6:5 first mention — And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
1 Kings 8:10 — And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
1 Chronicles 24:5 — Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
2 Chronicles 29:5 — And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.
Psalms 68:17 — The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
Matthew 24:15 — When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Luke 1:9 — According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
Hebrews 9:2 — For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
Hebrews 9:8 — The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
Hebrews 9:12 — Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Hebrews 9:25 — Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
Hebrews 13:11 — For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.

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