Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

The mercy seat

General references

Bible References

He come not

Leviticus 23:27
"Surely the Day of Atonement [is] on the tenth [day] of the seventh month; it shall be a holy assembly for you, and you shall deny yourselves, and you shall present an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
Exodus 26:33
And you will put the curtain under the clasps, and you will bring the ark of the testimony there inside the curtain, and the curtain will separate for you between the holy and the {most holy place}.
Exodus 30:10
And Aaron will make atonement on its horns one time in the year from the blood of the sin offering of the atonement; one time in the year he will make atonement on it throughout your generations; it is a most holy thing for Yahweh."
Exodus 40:20
And he took and he put the testimony into the ark, and he placed the poles on the ark, and he put the atonement cover on the ark, above [it].
1 Kings 8:6
The priests brought the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place in the inner sanctuary of the house, to the {most holy place}, under the wings of the cherubim,
Hebrews 9:3
And after the second curtain [was] a tent called the holy of holies,
Hebrews 10:19
Therefore, brothers, [since we] have confidence for the entrance into the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

That he die not

Leviticus 16:13
and he shall put the incense on the fire {before} Yahweh so that the cloud of incense might cover the atonement cover, which [is] on the {covenant text}, so that he might not die.
Leviticus 8:35
And you must stay [at the] entrance to [the] tent of assembly day and night [for] seven days, and you shall keep the obligation from Yahweh, so you might not die, for thus I have been commanded."
Numbers 4:19
Do this to them and they will live and not die when they come near the most holy things. Aaron and his sons will go and appoint them, each one to his task and burden.
Numbers 17:10
And Yahweh said to Moses, "Bring back the staff of Aaron before the testimony as a guard and sign for the children of rebellion, and let them finish their grumblings before me and not die."
Matthew 27:51
And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, and the earth shook and the rocks were split.
Hebrews 4:14
Therefore, [because we] have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
Hebrews 10:19
Therefore, brothers, [since we] have confidence for the entrance into the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

In the cloud

Exodus 40:34
And the cloud covered the tent of assembly, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tabernacle.
1 Kings 8:10
When the priests went out from the holy place, the cloud filled the house of Yahweh.
2 Chronicles 5:14
And the priests were not able to stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.

The mercy seat

Exodus 25:17
"And you will make an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width.

General references

Exodus 40:35
And Moses was unable to go into the tent of assembly because the cloud settled on it and the glory of Yahweh filled the tabernacle.