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Behind the second curtain was a tent[a] called the Holy of Holies. In it stood the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which there were a golden urn holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat.[b] Of these things we cannot speak now in detail.

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  1. Hebrews 9:3 Or tabernacle
  2. Hebrews 9:5 Or the place of atonement

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