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Exodus 29:30
The son who succeeds him as priest and enters the Tent of Meeting to minister in the Holy Place must wear them for seven days.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God gives Moses this directive during the ordination ceremony for Aaron and his sons. The instruction specifies the exact requirements for Aaron’s successor to assume ministerial duties in the Tent of Meeting.
The words — The text highlights שִׁבְעַ֣ת (shiv.'At) and יָמִ֗ים (ya.Mim), meaning "seven days," which fixes the duration of the priestly vestments. It also records יִלְבָּשָׁ֧ם (yil.ba.Sha/m), "he will wear them," indicating the mandatory use of the consecrated garments.
The thread — The seven-day waiting period structurally mirrors the intervals in Genesis 8:10 and Genesis 8:12, where Noah waits seven days before releasing the dove. The physical transfer of Aaron’s garments to his son Eleazar is later documented in Numbers 20:28.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to note that priestly service mandates a fixed preparation period and the exclusive use of consecrated garments. It establishes a non-negotiable procedural standard for assuming religious authority.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.
Cross-references
- Numbers 20:28 After Moses had removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar, Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
- Genesis 8:10 Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
- Genesis 8:12 And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.
- Exodus 12:15 For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
- Exodus 29:35 This is what you are to do for Aaron and his sons based on all that I have commanded you, taking seven days to ordain them.
- Leviticus 8:33 You must not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are complete; for it will take seven days to ordain you.
- Leviticus 9:1 On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.
- Leviticus 9:8 So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself.
- Leviticus 12:2 “Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
- Leviticus 13:5 On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if he sees that the infection is unchanged and has not spread on the skin, the priest must isolate him for another seven days.