16 (A)He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as (B)the Most Holy Place.

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16 He partitioned off twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.(A)

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19 The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 20 The inner sanctuary[a] was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid[b] an altar of cedar.

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  1. 1 Kings 6:20 Vulgate; Hebrew And before the inner sanctuary
  2. 1 Kings 6:20 Septuagint made

19 He prepared the inner sanctuary(A) within the temple to set the ark of the covenant(B) of the Lord there. 20 The inner sanctuary(C) was twenty cubits long, twenty wide and twenty high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.(D)

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23 (A)In the inner sanctuary (B)he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high.

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23 For the inner sanctuary he made a pair of cherubim(A) out of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

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31 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and the doorposts were five-sided.[a]

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  1. 1 Kings 6:31 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain

31 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors out of olive wood that were one fifth of the width of the sanctuary.

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49 (A)the lampstands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north, before the inner sanctuary; (B)the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;

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49 the lampstands(A) of pure gold (five on the right and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary);

the gold floral work and lamps and tongs;

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(A)Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord (B)to its place in (C)the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim.

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The priests then brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant(A) to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place,(B) and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.(C)

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(A)And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the Holy Place before (B)the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day.

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These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today.(A)

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20 the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold (A)to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed;

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20 the lampstands(A) of pure gold with their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;

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Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim.

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The priests then brought the ark(A) of the Lord’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.

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And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen (A)from the Holy Place before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from outside. And they are[a] there to this day.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 5:9 Hebrew it is

These poles were so long that their ends, extending from the ark, could be seen from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today.

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(A)Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,
    when I cry to you for help,
when I (B)lift up my hands
    (C)toward your most holy sanctuary.[a]

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  1. Psalm 28:2 Hebrew your innermost sanctuary

Hear my cry for mercy(A)
    as I call to you for help,
as I lift up my hands(B)
    toward your Most Holy Place.(C)

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