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Most Holy Place

Altar mentioned in 24 verses of the Bible, most often in 1 Kings.

31.778° N, 35.236° EConfident identification7 books

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Journeys through Most 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

1 Kings (7), 2 Chronicles (6), Ezekiel (4), Hebrews (4), 1 Chronicles (1), Psalms (1), Daniel (1)

Key verses

1 Kings 6:16 first mention — And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
1 Kings 7:49 — And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
1 Kings 7:50 — And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.
1 Kings 8:6 — And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
1 Chronicles 6:49 — But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
2 Chronicles 5:7 — And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:
Psalms 28:2 — Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Daniel 9:24 — Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Hebrews 9:3 — And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
Hebrews 9:7 — But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
Hebrews 10:19 — Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
Hebrews 10:20 — By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

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