 separated these two rooms was a heavy screen and it was suspended by golden clasps and later in exodus we'll see it referred to as the shielding curtain and behind that curtain was the most holy place that's where the ark of the covenant was and outside that curtain in the holy place with the lamb stand and the table and as we'll discover also the altar of incense and finally after all of that god told moses how to make the flap that would cover the doorway