Exodus 30:6

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Exodus 30:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 And make two gold rings below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry it.

5 Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

6 Place the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony —before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony—where I will meet with you.

7 And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.

8 When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn the incense perpetually before the LORD for the generations to come.

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Exodus 26:31

Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

Exodus 26:32

Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.

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 26:34

Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.

Exodus 26:35

And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.

Exodus 40:3

Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.

Exodus 40:5

Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:26

Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,

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.

Hebrews 9:3

Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

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.

Exodus 25:21

Set the mercy seat atop the ark, and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.

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 16:13

He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testimony, so that he will not die.

1 Chronicles 28:11

Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.

Hebrews 4:16

Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Hebrews 9:5

Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

Exodus 30:36

Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.

Exodus 29:42

For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.

Exodus 29:43

I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by My glory.

Numbers 17:4

Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you.