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Exodus 29:30

Any priest who is one of his sons and who succeeds him and enters the tent of meeting to minister in the sanctuary must wear them for seven days.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Priest;   Seven;   Thompson Chain Reference - Periods and Numbers;   Seven;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - High Priest, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Holiness;   Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Building;   Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - High Priest;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Melchizedek;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bull;   Dedicate, Dedication;   High Priest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - High priest;   Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Number;   Sacrifice;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Priest;   Priestly Code;   Sidra;   Urim and Thummim;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Seven days shall the son who is Kohen in his place put them on, when he comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.
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.
Lexham English Bible
Seven days the priest who replaces him from among his sons will wear them, who comes to the tent of assembly to serve in the sanctuary.
New Century Version
Aaron's son, who will become high priest after Aaron, will come to the Meeting Tent to serve in the Holy Place. He is to wear these clothes for seven days.
New English Translation
The priest who succeeds him from his sons, when he first comes to the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, is to wear them for seven days.
Amplified Bible
"That son who is [high] priest in his place shall put them on [each day for] seven days when he comes into the Tent of Meeting to minister in the Holy Place.
New American Standard Bible
"For seven days the one of his sons who is priest in his place shall put them on when he enters the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place.
Geneva Bible (1587)
That sonne that shalbe Priest in his steade, shall put them on seuen dayes, when he commeth into the Tabernacle of the Congregation to minister in the holy place.
Legacy Standard Bible
For seven days the one of his sons who is priest in his stead shall put them on when he comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.
Complete Jewish Bible
The son who becomes cohen in his place, who comes into the tent of meeting to serve in the Holy Place, is to wear them for seven days.
Darby Translation
The son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tent of meeting to serve in the sanctuary.
Easy-to-Read Version
Aaron's son will become the next high priest after him. That son will wear these clothes seven days when he comes to the Meeting Tent to serve in the Holy Place.
English Standard Version
The son who succeeds him as priest, who comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, shall wear them seven days.
George Lamsa Translation
And one of his sons who is to become priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he enters into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.
Good News Translation
The son of Aaron who succeeds him as priest and who goes into the Tent of my presence to serve in the Holy Place is to wear these garments for seven days.
Literal Translation
The priest shall put them on seven days, the one from his sons taking his place; the one who comes into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the sanctuary.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Loke which of his sonnes shalbe prest in his steade, the same shal put them on seue dayes, that he maye go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse, to mynister in the Sanctuary.
American Standard Version
Seven days shall the son that is priest in his stead put them on, when he cometh into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.
Bible in Basic English
For seven days the son who becomes priest in his place will put them on when he comes into the Tent of meeting to do the work of the holy place.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And that sonne that is priest in his steede after hym, shall put them on seuen dayes, when he cometh into the tabernacle of wytnesse to minister in the holy place.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Seven days shall the son that is priest in his stead put them on, even he who cometh into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.
King James Version (1611)
And that sonne that is Priest in his stead, shal put them on seuen dayes, when he commeth into the Tabernacle of the Congregation to minister in the holy place.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The priest his successor from among his sons who shall go into the tabernacle of witness to minister in the holies, shall put them on seven days.
English Revised Version
Seven days shall the son that is priest in his stead put them on, when he cometh into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
`Thilke, that of hise sones schal be maad bischop for hym, schal vse that cloth seuene daies, and which sone schal entre in to the tabernacle of witnessyng, that he mynystre in the seyntuarie.
Young's Literal Translation
seven days doth the priest in his stead (of his sons) put them on, when he goeth in unto the tent of meeting, to minister in the sanctuary.
Update Bible Version
Seven days shall the son that is priest in his stead put them on, when he comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.
Webster's Bible Translation
[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].
World English Bible
Seven days shall the son who is priest in his place put them on, when he comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.
New King James Version
That son who becomes priest in his place shall put them on for seven days, when he enters the tabernacle of meeting to minister in the holy place.
New Living Translation
The descendant who succeeds him as high priest will wear these clothes for seven days as he ministers in the Tabernacle and the Holy Place.
New Life Bible
The son who takes his place as religious leader will wear them seven days as he goes into the meeting tent to serve in the holy place.
New Revised Standard
The son who is priest in his place shall wear them seven days, when he comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Seven days, shall they be put on by him from among his sons who is priest in his stead, - by him who goeth into the tent of meeting, to minister in the holy place.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He of his sons that shall be appointed high priest in his stead, and that shall enter into the tabernacle of the testimony to minister in the sanctuary, shall wear it seven days.
Revised Standard Version
The son who is priest in his place shall wear them seven days, when he comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For seven days the one of his sons who is priest in his stead shall put them on when he enters the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.

Contextual Overview

1“This is what you are to do for them to consecrate them to serve me as priests. Take a young bull and two unblemished rams, 2with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers coated with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour, 3put them in a basket, and bring them in the basket, along with the bull and two rams. 4Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water. 5Then take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe for the ephod, the ephod itself, and the breastpiece; fasten the ephod on him with its woven waistband. 6Put the turban on his head and place the holy diadem on the turban. 7Take the anointing oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him. 8You must also bring his sons and clothe them with tunics. 9Tie the sashes on Aaron and his sons and fasten headbands on them. The priesthood is to be theirs by a permanent statute. This is the way you will ordain Aaron and his sons. 10“You are to bring the bull to the front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on the bull’s head.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that son: Heb. he of his sons, Numbers 20:28, Hebrews 7:26

seven days: Exodus 29:35, Exodus 12:15, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Leviticus 8:33-35, Leviticus 9:1, Leviticus 9:8, Leviticus 12:2, Leviticus 12:3, Leviticus 13:5, Joshua 6:14, Joshua 6:15, Ezekiel 43:26, Acts 20:6, Acts 20:7

Reciprocal: Exodus 28:2 - holy garments Leviticus 16:32 - to minister Leviticus 21:10 - upon Numbers 20:26 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 29:17
Leah had tender eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
Genesis 29:18
Jacob loved Rachel, so he answered Laban, “I’ll work for you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
Genesis 29:20
So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, and they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
Genesis 29:25
When morning came, there was Leah! So he said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Wasn’t it for Rachel that I worked for you? Why have you deceived me?”
Genesis 29:26
Laban answered, “It is not the custom in this place to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn.
Genesis 29:27
Complete this week of wedding celebration, and we will also give you this younger one in return for working yet another seven years for me.”
Genesis 29:31
When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he opened her womb; but Rachel was unable to conceive.
Genesis 31:15
Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? For he has sold us and has certainly spent our purchase price.
Genesis 31:41
For twenty years in your household I served you—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!
Genesis 44:20
and we answered my lord, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And that son that is priest in his stead,.... The Targum of Jonathan is,

"who shall rise after him of his sons, not of the Levites;''

for the high priest was to be of the family of Aaron, a descendant of his; it was not enough that he was of the tribe of Levi, but he must descend from Aaron, either in the line of Eleazar or of Ithamar:

shall put them on seven days; the next successor was to wear the garments seven days running:

when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place; to offer sacrifice in the court of the tabernacle, on the altar of burnt offering, and to offer incense on the altar of incense, and to trim the lamps of the candlestick, and to put the shewbread on the table.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The consecration of the priests. See the notes to Lev. 8–9.

Exodus 29:4

Door of the tabernacle - Entrance of the tent. See Leviticus 8:3.

Exodus 29:27

The “waving” was the more solemn process of the two: it was a movement several times repeated, while “heaving” was simply a “lifting up” once.

Exodus 29:33

A stranger - One of another family, i. e. in this case, one not of the family of Aaron.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 29:30. Seven days — The priest in his consecration was to abide seven days and nights at the door of the tabernacle, keeping the Lord's watch. See Leviticus 8:33, c. The number seven is what is called among the Hebrews a number of perfection and it is often used to denote the completion, accomplishment, fulness, or perfection of a thing, as this period contained the whole course of that time in which God created the world, and appointed the day of rest. As this act of consecration lasted seven days, it signified a perfect consecration: and intimated to the priest that his whole body and soul, his time and talents, should be devoted to the service of God and his people.

The number seven, which was a sacred number among the Hebrews, was conveyed from them down to the Greeks by means of the Egyptian philosophy, from which they borrowed most of their mysteries; and it is most likely that the opinion which the Greeks give is the same that the original framers of the idea had. That there was some mystical idea attached to it, is evident from its being made the number of perfection among the Hebrews. Philo and Josephus say that the Essenes, an ancient sect of the Jews, held it sacred "because it results from the side of a square added to those of a triangle." But what meaning does this convey? A triangle, or triad, according to the Pythagoreans, who borrowed their systems from the Egyptians, who borrowed from the Jews, was the emblem of wisdom, as consisting of beginning (Monad,) middle (Duad,) and end (Triad itself;) so wisdom consists of three parts - experience of the past, attention to the present, and judgment of the future. It is also the most penetrating of all forms, as being the shape of the wedge; and indestructibility is essential to it, as a triangle can never be destroyed. From those three properties it was the emblem of spirit. The square, solid, and tetrad, by the same system were interchangeable signs. Now a square is the representation of a solid or matter, and thus the number seven contains within itself the properties of both the triangle or solid, and the square or tetrad, i.e., is all emblem of body and spirit; comprehends both the intellectual and natural world; embraces the idea of GOD, the chief of spirits or essences; and all nature, the result of his power; thus a very fit emblem of perfection. It is perhaps in this way that we must explain what CICERO, Tusc. Quest., lib. i., cap. 10, says of the number seven, where he calls it the knot and cement of all things; as being that by which the natural and spiritual world are comprehended in one idea. Thus the ancient philosophers spoke of numbers, themselves being the best judges of their own meaning.


 
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