Place

The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen outside: and there they are to this day.

It came to pass, when the priests had come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the LORD’s house,

The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen outside: and there it is to this day.

When the priests had come out of the holy place, (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, and didn’t keep their divisions;

But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever.”

and said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the LORD’s house, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filthiness out of the holy place.

Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.

Stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers’ houses of your brothers the children of the people, and let there be for each a portion of a fathers’ house of the Levites.

As for the temple, the door posts were squared; and as for the face of the sanctuary, its appearance was as the appearance of the temple.

The temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

When the priests enter in, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments in which they minister; for they are holy: and they shall put on other garments, and shall approach to that which pertains to the people.

In the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, says the Lord GOD.

It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to the LORD; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary.

For a tabernacle was prepared. In the first part were the lamp stand, the table, and the show bread; which is called the Holy Place.