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Leviticus 8:35
You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses Aaron and his sons immediately after the initial consecration sacrifices. He commands them to stay at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days to maintain their consecrated status.
The words — The Hebrew verb תֵּשְׁב֨וּ (te.she.Vu) literally means "you will remain" or "you will dwell." It is paired with שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֔ים (shiv.'at ya.mim), meaning "seven days," to specify the exact duration of their required presence.
The thread — The requirement to keep the LORD’s charge appears in Numbers 3:7 regarding tabernacle duties and Numbers 9:19 regarding camp movements. Deuteronomy 11:1 later expands this obedience into a general command to love God and keep His statutes.
Why it lands — The text demands strict, uninterrupted obedience to divine instructions during the consecration period. It establishes that failure to maintain the commanded presence results in death, framing obedience as a matter of survival rather than preference.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the Lord, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.
Cross-references
- Numbers 3:7 They are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 9:19 Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.
- Deuteronomy 11:1 You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.
- 1 Kings 2:3 And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,
- 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 8:30 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.
- Leviticus 10:1 Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.
- 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.