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What Does Leviticus 8:35 Mean?

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.

Context

33

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.

34

As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you.

35

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.

36

So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
CHAPTER 6 Le 6:1-7. Trespass Offering for Sins Done Wittingly. **2-7. If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord--**This law, the record of which should have been joined with the previous chapter, was given concerning things stolen, fraudulently gotten, or wrongfully kept. The offender was enjoined to make restitution of the articles to the rightful owner, along with a fifth part out of his own possessions. But it was not enough thus to repair the injury done to a neighbor and to society; he was required to bring a trespass offering, as a token of sorrow and penitence for having hurt the cause of religion and of God. That trespass offering was a ram without blemish, which was to be made on the altar of burnt offerings, and the flesh belonged to the priests. This penalty was equivalent to a mitigated fine; but being associated with a sacred duty, the form in which the fine was inflicted served the important purpose of rousing attention to the claims and reviving a sense of responsibility to God.

Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.

Historical Context

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