Holy-of-holies Sentence Examples
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A copy of the Orit or Mosaic law is kept in the holy of holies in every synagogue.
In the Holy of Holies was a " cloud of light " (shekinah), symbolical of the presence of Yahweh, and before it stood the candlestick with six branches, on each of which and on the central stern was a lamp eternally burning; while in the forecourt was an altar on which the sacred fire was never allowed to go out.
After the capture of Jerusalem Pompey is said to have entered the Temple, and even the Holy of Holies.
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