holy place

One of the two portions into which the tabernacle was divided.1 It was twenty cubits long and ten in height and breadth. It was illuminated by the golden candlestick, as it had no opening to admit the light. It contained the table of showbread2 and the golden altar of incense.3 It was divided from the holy of holies by a veil of the most costly materials and the brightest colours.

The arrangement of the temple was the same in this respect. In it the walls of hewn stone were wainscotted with cedar and overlaid with gold, and adorned with beautiful carvings. It was entered from the porch by folding doors overlaid with gold and richly embossed. Outside the holy place stood the great tank or "sea" of molten brass, supported by twelve oxen, three turned each way, capable of containing two thousand baths of water. Besides this there were ten lavers and the brazen altar of burnt sacrifice.

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References

Notes

  1. Ex. 26:31; 37:17-25; Heb. 9:2.
  2. Ex. 25:23-29.
  3. 30:1-11.

Source

  • Easton, M.G. (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary. New York: Harper & Brothers.

This article incorporates text from Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) by M.G. Easton, which is in the public domain.