After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,

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  • WEB World English Bible

    After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    But with in the seconde vayle was ther a tabernacle which is called holiest of all

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    And after the seconde vaile was the Tabernacle, which is called the Holiest of all,

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Cross-references (11)

Passages linked to Hebrews 9:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Exodus 26:31-33 “You shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. It shall be the work of a skillful workman. You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, on four sockets of silver. You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring the ark of the covenant in there within the veil. The veil shall separate the holy place from the most holy for you.
  • Exodus 40:3 You shall put the ark of the covenant in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
  • Exodus 40:21 He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the covenant, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
  • Matthew 27:51 Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
  • 1 Kings 8:6 The priests brought in the ark of Yahweh’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the cherubim’s wings.
  • Hebrews 9:8 The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place wasn’t yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing.
  • 2 Chronicles 3:14 He made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and ornamented it with cherubim.
  • Isaiah 25:7 He will destroy in this mountain the surface of the covering that covers all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
  • Hebrews 6:19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
  • Hebrews 10:19-20 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh,
  • Exodus 36:35-38 He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman. He made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold. He cast four sockets of silver for them. He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer; and the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets were of bronze.

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain The holiest Sanctuary.

The holiest Sanctuary.

He calleth it the second veil, not because there were two veils, but because it was behind the Sanctuary or the first Tabernacle.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain And after the second veil: this distinguisheth the second…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And after the second vail,.... Were there more vails…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The second veil divided the holy place from the…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 3. And after the second veil] The first…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Heb 9:3. And after the second veil — That…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And after the second veil - There were two…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain And after the second veil, or partition, was the…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain And--Greek, "But."
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 3. Holiest of all—Or, holy of holies, or most…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. after the second vail] Rather, “behind the second…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) The tabernacle.—Rather, a tabernacle which is called the…
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 3. After the second vail. The first vail was…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Behind the second curtain
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 9:3 At the back of the first room of…

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