4. What was in the first apartment, or holy place?
“For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the sanctuary.” Heb. 9:2. “And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the veil.” Ex. 40:26. See also Ex. 30:1-6.
5. What was contained in the second apartment?
“And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the holiest of all; which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was ... the tables of the covenant” Heb. 9:3, 4. See also Ex. 40:20, 21.
6. By what name was the cover of the ark known?
“And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and [pg 239] in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.” Ex. 25:21.
7. Where was God to meet with Israel?
“And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony.” Verse 22.
8. What was in the ark, under the mercy-seat?
“And He wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments.... And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made.” Deut. 10:4, 5.