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Architectural interior of the cubic inner sanctuary prepared for the ark, gold overlay and cedar altar; do not place the ark before its narrative installation.
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1 Kings 6:19-20

The gold-covered sanctuary

Building the House of Yahweh · 1 Kings 6

Story guide: A cube-shaped inner room gleams with pure gold beside the cedar altar, prepared for the ark, which is not yet shown in place.

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19And he prepared the inner sanctuary within the house, to place there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.

20In front of the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height. He overlaid it with pure gold, and he overlaid the cedar altar.

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