⁵ Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory,^(A) overshadowing the atonement cover.^(B) But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

⁶ When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly^(C) into the outer room to carry on their ministry. ⁷ But only the high priest entered^(D) the inner room,^(E) and that only once a year,^(F) and never without blood,^(G) which he offered for himself^(H) and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.^(I)