holy place
      n : a sacred place of pilgrimage [syn: sanctum, holy]


 Holy place
    one of the two portions into which the tabernacle was divided
    (Ex. 26:31; 37:17-25; Heb. 9:2). It was 20 cubits long and 10 in
    height and breadth. It was illuminated by the golden
    candlestick, as it had no opening to admit the light. It
    contained the table of showbread (Ex. 25:23-29) and the golden
    altar of incense (30:1-11). It was divided from the holy of
    holies by a veil of the most costly materials and the brightest
    colours.

      The arrangement of the temple (q.v.) was the same in this
    respect. In it the walls of hewn stone were wainscotted with
    cedar and overlaid with gold, and adorned with beautiful
    carvings. It was entered from the porch by folding doors
    overlaid with gold and richly embossed. Outside the holy place
    stood the great tank or "sea" of molten brass, supported by
    twelve oxen, three turned each way, capable of containing two
    thousand baths of water. Besides this there were ten lavers and
    the brazen altar of burnt sacrifice.