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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Lord commands Moses and the newly consecrated priests at the conclusion of the tabernacle setup and initial sacrifices.

The words — The Hebrew לֹא (lo') = not and תֵּצְאוּ (te.tze.'u) = you go out form the core prohibition against leaving the designated sacred space.

The thread — This seven-day confinement pattern appears in Exodus 29:35 for priestly ordination, Exodus 29:30 for the successor priest’s garments, and Leviticus 14:8 for ritual cleansing.

Why it lands — The text demands strict adherence to a seven-day boundary during consecration, requiring readers to recognize that sacred service requires complete separation from ordinary movement until the prescribed period ends.

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The Hebrew words

וּמִפֶּתַח֩u./mi./pe.Tachand/ from/ [the] entrance of אֹ֨הֶל'O.hel[the] tent of מוֹעֵ֜דmo.'Edmeeting לֹ֤אlo'not תֵֽצְאוּ֙te.tze.'Uyou must go out שִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'Atseven יָמִ֔יםya.Mimdays עַ֚ד'aduntil י֣וֹםYom[the] day מְלֹ֔אתme.Lotare completed יְמֵ֖יye.Mei[the] days of מִלֻּאֵיכֶ֑םmi.lu.'ei./Kheminstallation/ your כִּ֚יkifor שִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'Atseven יָמִ֔יםya.Mimdays יְמַלֵּ֖אye.ma.Le'he will fill אֶת־'et-<obj.>יֶדְכֶֽם׃yed./Khemhand/ your

King James Version

And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.

Cross-references

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.
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.
Leviticus 14:8 The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days.
Numbers 19:12 He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.
Ezekiel 43:25 For seven days you are to provide a male goat daily for a sin offering; you are also to provide a young bull and a ram from the flock, both unblemished.