Hebrews 9:2-4

The Voice

² In the Book of Exodus,^[a] we read how the first tent was set aside for worship—we call it the holy place—how inside it they placed an oil lamp, a table, and the bread that was consecrated to God. ³ Behind a second dividing curtain, there was another tent which is called the most holy place. ⁴ In there they placed the golden incense altar and the golden ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the golden urn that contained manna (the miraculous food God gave our ancestors in the desert), Aaron’s rod that budded,^[b] and the tablets of the covenant that Moses brought down from the mountain.