The Holy of Holies was the innermost room of the tabernacle and, later, of the temple. It held the ark of the covenant, and God said he would appear there in the cloud over the mercy seat. Only the high priest entered it for worship, and only on the Day of Atonement, carrying incense and blood. What does “Holy of Holies” mean? The name is a word-for-word rendering of the Hebrew qodesh ha-qodashim, and it means the holiest place of…

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