4. 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 tablets of the covenant;
5. and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail.
6. Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services,
7. 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.
8. The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place wasn’t yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing;
9. which is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making the worshiper perfect;