Leviticus 16:2

2and the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to acome at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on the ark, so that he may not die. For bI will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.

Leviticus 16:12-14

12And he shall take ca censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and he shall bring it inside the veil 13 dand put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover ethe mercy seat that is over the testimony, so that he does not die. 14And fhe shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the mercy seat on the east side, and in front of the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.

Hebrews 9:3-6

3Behind gthe second curtain was a second section
Greek tent; also verses 6, 8
called the Most Holy Place,
4having the golden ialtar of incense and jthe ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was ka golden urn holding the manna, and lAaron’s staff that budded, and mthe tablets of the covenant. 5Above it were nthe cherubim of glory overshadowing othe mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.

6These preparations having thus been made, pthe priests go regularly into the first section, performing their ritual duties,
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