4. containing the golden incense altar and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which were a golden jar containing the manna and the rod of Aaron that budded and the tablets of the covenant.
5. And above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, about which it is not now possible to speak in detail.
6. Now these things having been prepared in this way, the priests enter into the first tent continually as they accomplish their service,
7. but only the high priest enters into the second tent once a year, not without blood, which he offers on behalf of himself and the sins of the people committed in ignorance.
8. The Holy Spirit was making this clear, that the way into the holy place was not yet revealed, while the first tent was still in existence,