Leviticus 16:2

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.

He come not

Hebrews 10:19

That he die not

Hebrews 10:19

In the cloud

Exodus 40:34

1 Kings 8:10

2 Chronicles 5:14

The mercy seat

Exodus 25:17

General references

Exodus 40:35

Bible References

He come not

Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement; it shall be a holy convocation to you, and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.

And thou shalt hang the vail under the buttons, that thou mayst bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide to you between the holy place and the most holy.

And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year, with the blood of the sin-offering of atonements: once in a year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy to the LORD.

And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staffs on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark:

And the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

And after the second vail, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

That he die not

And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony, that he may not die.

Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.

But thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:

And the LORD said to Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again, before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.

And behold, the vail of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom: and the earth shook, and the rocks rent;

Seeing then that we have a great High Priest, that hath passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

In the cloud

Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

And it came to pass, when the priests had come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,

So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.

The mercy seat

And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

General references

And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode upon it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.