Leviticus 16:2

And 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 will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

Cross References (19)

  • Exodus 30:10 (9)

    Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on

  • 1 Kings 8:10–12 (8)

    And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD

  • Hebrews 10:19–20 (7)

    Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

  • Hebrews 9:25 (6)

    Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with

  • Hebrews 9:7–8 (5)

    But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered f

  • 2 Chronicles 5:14 (4)

    so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house o

  • Exodus 40:34–35 (4)

    Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

  • Matthew 27:51 (4)

    At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.

  • 1 Kings 8:6 (4)

    Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most

  • Leviticus 23:27 (3)

    “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, an

  • Hebrews 4:14–16 (3)

    Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firml

  • Hebrews 9:3 (3)

    Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

  • Exodus 25:17–22 (3)

    And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

  • Numbers 4:19 (3)

    In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons a

  • Leviticus 8:35 (3)

    You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that y

  • Numbers 17:10 (3)

    The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so t

  • Exodus 26:33–34 (3)

    And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy

  • Leviticus 16:13 (3)

    He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testi

  • Exodus 40:20–21 (3)

    Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ar