Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered

The Atonement in Type and Antitype

The Sanctuary and Two Apartments

What did God, through Moses, command Israel to make? BR-ASI9 162.1

“And let them make Me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.” Exodus 25:8. BR-ASI9 162.2

What was offered in this sanctuary? BR-ASI9 162.3

“In which were offered both gifts and sacrifices.” Hebrews 9:9. BR-ASI9 162.4

Besides the court, how many parts had this sanctuary? BR-ASI9 162.5

“And the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.” Exodus 26:33. BR-ASI9 162.6

What was in the first apartment, or holy place? BR-ASI9 162.7

“For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.” Hebrews 9:2. “And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail.” Exodus 40:26. (See also Exodus 30:1-6.) BR-ASI9 162.8

What was contained in the second apartment? BR-ASI9 162.9

“And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was . . . the tables of the covenant.” Hebrews 9:3, 4. (See also Exodus 40:20, 21.) BR-ASI9 162.10

By what name was the cover of the ark known? BR-ASI9 162.11

“And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.” Exodus 25:21. BR-ASI9 162.12

Where was God to meet with Israel? BR-ASI9 162.13

“And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony.” Exodus 25:22. BR-ASI9 162.14

What was in the ark, under the mercy seat? BR-ASI9 162.15

“And He wrote in the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments. . . . And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made.” Deuteronomy 10:4, 5. BR-ASI9 162.16

When did the priest minister in the first apartment? BR-ASI9 163.1

“Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services.” Hebrews 9:6, R.V. BR-ASI9 163.2

Who went into the second apartment? When and why? BR-ASI9 163.3

“But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people.” Hebrews 9:7. BR-ASI9 163.4