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After the second veil, the tent which is called the Holy of Holies,
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having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, Aaron`s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
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and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can`t now speak in detail.
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Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tent, accomplishing the services,
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but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and for the errors of the people.
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The Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the way into the Holy Place has not yet been revealed, while the first tent is yet standing;