Bible Atlas

symbol · Old Testament

The veil

Exodus 26

A woven curtain closing off the Most Holy Place: access granted and access barred.

DwellingPriesthood

2 connections

Dwelling

Direct

grows out of · the barrier inside

The veil is the tabernacle's honest admission: God is here, and you may not simply walk in.

Direct

points forward to · torn from the top

The curtain that said 'not yet' for centuries is torn at the moment of the death, and torn downward, as if from God's side.