Bible Cross References
and the veil
Exodus 26:31
"Make a curtain of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool. Embroider it with figures of winged creatures.
Leviticus 16:12-16
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he shall take a fire pan full of burning coals from the altar and two handfuls of fine incense and bring them into the Most Holy Place.
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There in the LORD's presence he shall put the incense on the fire, and the smoke of the incense will hide the lid of the Covenant Box so that he will not see it and die.
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He shall take some of the bull's blood and with his finger sprinkle it on the front of the lid and then sprinkle some of it seven times in front of the Covenant Box.
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After that, he shall kill the goat for the sin offering for the people, bring its blood into the Most Holy Place, and sprinkle it on the lid and then in front of the Covenant Box, as he did with the bull's blood.
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In this way he will perform the ritual to purify the Most Holy Place from the uncleanness of the people of Israel and from all their sins. He must do this to the Tent, because it stands in the middle of the camp, which is ritually unclean.
2 Chronicles 3:14
A curtain for the Most Holy Place was made of linen and of other material, which was dyed blue, purple, and red, with designs of the winged creatures worked into it.
Matthew 27:51
Then the curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split apart,
Mark 15:38
The curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.
Ephesians 2:14-18
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For Christ himself has brought us peace by making Jews and Gentiles one people. With his own body he broke down the wall that separated them and kept them enemies.
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He abolished the Jewish Law with its commandments and rules, in order to create out of the two races one new people in union with himself, in this way making peace.
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By his death on the cross Christ destroyed their enmity; by means of the cross he united both races into one body and brought them back to God.
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So Christ came and preached the Good News of peace to all---to you Gentiles, who were far away from God, and to the Jews, who were near to him.
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It is through Christ that all of us, Jews and Gentiles, are able to come in the one Spirit into the presence of the Father.
Hebrews 6:19
We have this hope as an anchor for our lives. It is safe and sure, and goes through the curtain of the heavenly temple into the inner sanctuary.
Hebrews 9:3-8
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Behind the second curtain was the tent called the Most Holy Place.
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In it were the gold altar for the burning of incense and the Covenant Box all covered with gold and containing the gold jar with the manna in it, Aaron's stick that had sprouted leaves, and the two stone tablets with the commandments written on them.
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Above the Box were the winged creatures representing God's presence, with their wings spread over the place where sins were forgiven. But now is not the time to explain everything in detail.
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This is how those things have been arranged. The priests go into the outer tent every day to perform their duties,
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but only the high priest goes into the inner tent, and he does so only once a year. He takes with him blood which he offers to God on behalf of himself and for the sins which the people have committed without knowing they were sinning.
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The Holy Spirit clearly teaches from all these arrangements that the way into the Most Holy Place has not yet been opened as long as the outer tent still stands.
Hebrews 10:19-22
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We have, then, my friends, complete freedom to go into the Most Holy Place by means of the death of Jesus.
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He opened for us a new way, a living way, through the curtain---that is, through his own body.
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We have a great priest in charge of the house of God.
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So let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith, with hearts that have been purified from a guilty conscience and with bodies washed with clean water.