Hebrews 9:3

9:3 And after the second curtain there was a tent called the holy of holies.

Hebrews 6:19

6:19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain, ¹ 

Hebrews 10:20

10:20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us ²  through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, ³ 

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¹ sn The curtain refers to the veil or drape in the temple that separated the holy place from the holy of holies.

² tn Grk “that he inaugurated for us as a fresh and living way,” referring to the entrance mentioned in v. 19.

³ sn Through his flesh. In a bold shift the writer changes from a spatial phrase (Christ opened the way through the curtain into the inner sanctuary) to an instrumental phrase (he did this through [by means of] his flesh in his sacrifice of himself), associating the two in an allusion to the splitting of the curtain in the temple from top to bottom (Matt 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45). Just as the curtain was split, so Christ’s body was broken for us, to give us access into God’s presence.