9. After what structure was Solomon’s temple patterned, and who were the ones that entered into the compartments of that structure?

⁹ The temple sanctuary of which King Solomon was the builder was patterned after the sacred tent or tabernacle that the prophet Moses built in the wilderness of Mount Sinai in Arabia. That tent had two compartments, these being separated from each other by an inner curtain. The first compartment, which the priests entered by passing the outer curtain that faced the courtyard, was called the Holy. The innermost compartment, which the high priest entered by getting past the inner curtain, was called the Most Holy.

10. According to Hebrews 9:2-10, what were the things contained in those compartments, and who entered the compartments, and when?

¹⁰ “There was constructed a first tent compartment in which were the lampstand and also the table and the display of the loaves; and it is called ‘the Holy Place.’