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.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- BSB 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.
- NKJV 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.
- NASB 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.
- NLT 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.
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Quick answer
The son who succeeded as high priest was to wear the garments seven days when he came to minister in the holy place. A full week of consecration marked each new priest.
Overview
The seven-day investiture set apart each new high priest before he ministered, emphasizing the completeness of his consecration. The number seven often signifies fullness in Scripture. This careful induction underscores the holiness of the office and magnifies Christ, who needed no such ordination, being eternally holy.
Cross-references & the web
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- Num 20:28And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
- Josh 6:14–15And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
- Lev 9:8Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
- Lev 8:33–35And 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.
- Acts 20:6–7And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.
- Ezek 43:26Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.
- Gen 8:12And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
- Lev 13:5And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:
- Lev 12:2–3Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
- Gen 8:10And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
- Lev 9:1And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;
- Exod 29:35And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.
- Heb 7:26For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
- Exod 12:15Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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