The word in Scripture

Sanctuary in the Bible

The word sanctuary appears 137 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The sanctuary is the holy place of God's dwelling. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What sanctuary means in the Bible

The sanctuary is the holy place of God's dwelling.

Where the word sanctuary appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word sanctuary appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:”Exodus 30:24

“And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;”Exodus 36:4

“They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.”Psalms 74:7

“And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.”Psalms 78:54

“Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.”Isaiah 43:28

“The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.”Isaiah 63:18

“For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.”Hebrews 9:2

“For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.”Hebrews 13:11