Exodus 26:33

26:33 You are to hang this curtain under the clasps and bring the ark of the testimony in there behind the curtain. 1  The curtain will make a division for you between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place. 2 

Exodus 29:44

29:44 “So I will set apart as holy 3  the tent of meeting and the altar, and I will set apart as holy Aaron and his sons, that they may minister as priests to me.

Exodus 30:32

30:32 It must not be applied 4  to people’s bodies, and you must not make any like it with the same recipe. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.

1 tn The traditional expression is “within the veil,” literally “into the house (or area) of the (special) curtain.”

2 tn Or “the Holy of Holies.”

3 tn This verse affirms the same point as the last, but now with an active verb: “I will set apart as holy” (or “I will sanctify”). This verse, then, probably introduces the conclusion of the chapter: “So I will….”

4 tn Without an expressed subject, the verb may be treated as a passive. Any common use, as in personal hygiene, would be a complete desecration.