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Leviticus 10:7
You shall not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, or you will die, for the LORD’s anointing oil is on you.” So they did as Moses instructed.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses commands Aaron and his surviving sons Eleazar and Ithamar immediately after the death of Nadab and Abihu, forbidding them to leave the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
The words — The Hebrew phrase מִפֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד (mi-pethach ohel mo'ed) literally means "from the entrance of the tent of meeting," coupled with the prohibition תֵּצְאוּ (tetz'u, "you shall go out") and the lethal consequence תָּמוּתוּ (tamutu, "you shall die").
The thread — The text explicitly ties this boundary to the anointing oil resting on the priests, a restriction echoed in Leviticus 21:12 regarding priestly consecration, while Acts 10:38 and 2 Corinthians 1:21 later apply the anointing motif to Jesus and to believers without preserving the spatial mandate.
Why it lands — The passage demands immediate compliance with a lethal boundary to maintain priestly holiness, requiring readers to accept that sacred office imposes strict behavioral limits rather than personal mourning rights.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 21:12 He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.
- Acts 10:38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
- 2 Corinthians 1:21 Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
- Leviticus 8:30 Next, Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, as well as Aaron’s sons and their garments.
- Exodus 28:41 After you put these garments on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them so that they may serve Me as priests.
- Leviticus 8:12 He also poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.
- Exodus 30:30 Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve Me as priests.
- Exodus 40:13 And you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments, anoint him, and consecrate him, so that he may serve Me as a priest.
- Luke 9:60 But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
- Matthew 8:21 Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”