"And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of
God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the
shewbread was set; Moreover the candlesticks with their
lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the
oracle, of pure gold; And the flowers, and the lamps, and
the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold; And the
snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers,
of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors
thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house
of the temple, were of gold."
2 Chronicles 4:19-22, KJV

"And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the
LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the
most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims: For
the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the
ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves
thereof above. And they drew out the staves of the ark, that
the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the
oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto
this day."
2 Chronicles 5:7-9, KJV

In Ezekiel chapters forty-one through forty-five, it is
called "the most holy place":

"Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two
cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the
door, seven cubits. So he measured the length thereof,
twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the
temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place."
Ezekiel 41:3-4, KJV

"And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel
went astray, which went astray away from me after their
idols; they shall even bear their iniquity. Yet they shall
be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of
the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the
burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they
shall stand before them to minister unto them. Because they
ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the
house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I
lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and
they shall bear their iniquity. And they shall not come near
unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come
near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but
they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which
they have committed."
Ezekiel 44:10-13, KJV

"Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for
inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an
holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of
five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten
thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof
round about. Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five
hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square
round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs
thereof. And of this measure shalt thou measure the length
of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten
thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy
place."
Ezekiel 45:1-3, KJV

King David also makes mention of the Holy of Holies in one
of his prayers, found in Psalm 28:

"[A Psalm of David.] Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock;
be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become
like them that go down into the pit. Hear the voice of my
supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands
toward thy holy oracle."
Psalms 28:1-2, KJV

There are many other verses in the Old Testament where the
term "the holy place" is used, but they are too many to list
here.

In the New Testament, Jesus referred to "the holy place"
when He gave His Endtime sermon in Matthew chapter
twenty-four. Whether He meant the general temple area, or
the actual Holy of Holies itself, is a matter of
speculation:

"When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation,
spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place,
(whoso readeth, let him understand:)"
Matthew 24:15, KJV

In the his Epistle to the Hebrews, where Paul explains that
Jesus has become the Final Sacrifice for sin, and our
Eternal High Priest and Intercessor before the Throne of His
Father, he also refers back to Old Testament temple worship,
and the Holy of Holies, when he states:

"Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own
blood he entered in once into the holy place, having
obtained eternal redemption for us . . . Nor yet that he
should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into
the holy place every year with blood of others;"
Hebrews  9:12, 25, KJV


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