<Dl> <Dd> The Lord said to Moses: </Dd> <Dd> Tell your brother Aaron not to come just at any time into the sanctuary inside the curtain before the mercy seat that is upon the ark, or he will die; for I appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> The Lord said to Moses: </Dd> <Dd> Tell your brother Aaron not to come just at any time into the sanctuary inside the curtain before the mercy seat that is upon the ark, or he will die; for I appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat . </Dd> <P> Solomon then led the whole assembly of Israel in prayer, noting that the construction on the temple represented a fulfilment of God's promise to David, dedicating the temple as a place of prayer and reconciliation for the people of Israel and for foreigners living in Israel, and highlighting the paradox that God who lives in the heavens cannot really be contained within a single building . The dedication was concluded with sacrifices said to have included "twenty - two thousand bulls and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep". </P>

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