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1 Kings 6:19

17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

20 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.

21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

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BSB
Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
KJV
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
WEB
He prepared an inner sanctuary in the middle of the house within, to set the ark of the LORD’s covenant there.
ASV
And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
DARBY
And he prepared the oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
BLB
And the inner sanctuary in the midst of the house on the inside, he prepared to set there the ark of the covenant of YHWH.
ÅB
Innerst i huset innredet han et kor til å sette Herrens pakts-ark i.
OTB
Så forberedte han et innerste rom i huset for å plassere Herrens paktsark.
B1930
Innerst i huset innredet han et kor til å sette Herrens pakts-ark i.

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  • 2 Chronicles 5:7

    And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:

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  • Exodus 40:20–21

    And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

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  • 1 Kings 6:16

    And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.

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  • Psalms 28:2

    Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

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  • 1 Kings 6:5

    And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

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  • Hebrews 9:3–4

    And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;

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  • 1 Kings 8:6–10

    And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.

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  • 2 Chronicles 4:20

    Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

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