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Behind a second dividing curtain, there was another tent which is called the most holy place. In there they placed the golden incense altar and the golden ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the golden urn that contained manna (the miraculous food God gave our ancestors in the desert), Aaron’s rod that budded,[a] and the tablets of the covenant that Moses brought down from the mountain. Above the ark were the golden images of heavenly beings[b] of glory who shadowed the mercy seat.

I cannot go into any greater detail about this now.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:4 Numbers 17:1–13
  2. 9:5 Greek cheroubin

Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,(A) which had the golden altar of incense(B) and the gold-covered ark of the covenant.(C) This ark contained the gold jar of manna,(D) Aaron’s staff that had budded,(E) and the stone tablets of the covenant.(F) Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory,(G) overshadowing the atonement cover.(H) But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

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