4. to which belonged the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that held the manna, and the rod of Aharon that budded, and the tablets of the covenant,
5. and above it the keruḇim of esteem were overshadowing the place of atonement – about which we do not now speak in detail.
6. And these having been prepared like this, the priests always went into the first part of the Tent, accomplishing the services.
7. But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for sins of ignorance of the people,