## behind the second curtain ##

The first curtain was the outer wall of the tabernacle, so the "second curtain" was the curtain between the "holy place" and the "most holy place".

## Inside it ##

"Inside the ark of the covenant"

## budded ##

"flowered" or "sprouted" or "grew and developed"

## stone tablet ##

A flat piece of stone that had writing on it.

## figure ##

A sculpture that represents the form of something

## cherubim hovered over ##

"cherubim were above"

## atonement lid ##

the top of the ark of the covenant