Exodus 26:33
in Exodus 26And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall separate unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
KJV
And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
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This verse in Exodus 26
Commentary
4 notes on this verseIf the ancient custom of sacrifices is clear to you, let us see what these things also contain according to the mystical understanding. You heard that there were two sanctuaries, one, as it were, visible and open to the priests; the other, as it were, invisible and inaccessible. With the exception of the high priest alone, the others were outside.
This site's exposition
make a vail of blue
on Exodus 26:31-33
The vail carries cherubims like the innermost curtain, and it does one job, which is to divide the holy place from the most holy. Cherubims stand again where the way is closed, as they did at Eden in Genesis 3:24. Matthew 27:51 reports this curtain torn from the top to the bottom at the death of Jesus, and Hebrews 10:20 calls the new and living way one that runs through the veil, that is to say, his flesh.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And thou shall hang up the vail under the taches,....
We have not boldness to enter into the holiest, in all acts of devotion, by the blood of Jesus, yet such as obliges us to a holy reverence and a humble sense of our distance. Another veil was for the outer door of the tabernacle,
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָתַתָּ֣ה | venatatah | and you will put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַפָּרֹכֶת֮ | haparokhet | the curtain | H6532 → | 25 times |
| תַּ֣חַת | tachat | under | H8478 → | 505 times |
| הַקְּרָסִים֒ | hakerasim | the hooks | H7165 → | 10 times |
| וְהֵבֵאתָ֥ | veheveta | and you will bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| שָׁ֙מָּה֙ | shamah | there <towards> | H8033 → | 834 times |
| מִבֵּ֣ית | mibeit | from inside | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לַפָּרֹ֔כֶת | laparokhet | to the curtain | H6532 → | 25 times |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲר֣וֹן | ʾaron | [the] ark of | H727 → | 202 times |
| הָעֵד֑וּת | haedut | the testimony | H5715 → | 59 times |
| וְהִבְדִּילָ֤ה | vehivdilah | and it will separate | H914 → | |
| הַפָּרֹ֙כֶת֙ | haparokhet | the curtain | H6532 → | 25 times |
| לָכֶ֔ם | lakhem | for <the> you | ||
| בֵּ֣ין | bein | between | H996 → | 407 times |
| הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ | hakodesh | the holy place | H6944 → | 469 times |
| וּבֵ֖ין | uvein | and between | H996 → | 407 times |
| קֹ֥דֶשׁ | kodesh | [the] holy place of | H6944 → | 469 times |
| הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃ | hakodashim | the holy places | H6944 → | 469 times |
וְנָתַתָּ֣הand you will put
venatatahH5414 →2011 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַפָּרֹכֶת֮the curtain
haparokhetH6532 →25 times
תַּ֣חַתunder
tachatH8478 →505 times
הַקְּרָסִים֒the hooks
hakerasimH7165 →10 times
וְהֵבֵאתָ֥and you will bring
vehevetaH935 →2568 times
שָׁ֙מָּה֙there <towards>
shamahH8033 →834 times
מִבֵּ֣יתfrom inside
mibeitH1004 →2046 times
לַפָּרֹ֔כֶתto the curtain
laparokhetH6532 →25 times
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
אֲר֣וֹן[the] ark of
ʾaronH727 →202 times
הָעֵד֑וּתthe testimony
haedutH5715 →59 times
וְהִבְדִּילָ֤הand it will separate
vehivdilahH914 →
הַפָּרֹ֙כֶת֙the curtain
haparokhetH6532 →25 times
לָכֶ֔םfor <the> you
lakhem
בֵּ֣יןbetween
beinH996 →407 times
הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁthe holy place
hakodeshH6944 →469 times
וּבֵ֖יןand between
uveinH996 →407 times
קֹ֥דֶשׁ[the] holy place of
kodeshH6944 →469 times
הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃the holy places
hakodashimH6944 →469 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 16:2And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he…
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:19–20
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 30:10
Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar…
- 1 Kings 8:10–12
And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD
- Hebrews 9:25
Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.
- Hebrews 9:7–8
But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
- Hebrews 10:19–20
Through
Exodus 40:21Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.
it leads to
- Exodus 40:3
Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.
- Exodus 40:3
Through
Exodus 25:16And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:26
“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.
- 1 Kings 8:9
There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out…
- Deuteronomy 31:26
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON LEVITICUS 9.9.3 and Sir Robert Anderson, Types in Hebrews.
