You shall not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, or you will die, for the LORD’s anointing oil is on you.” So they did as Moses instructed.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting, lest you die; for the anointing oil of Yahweh is on you.” They did according to the word of Moses.
- KJV And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.
- NKJV You shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses.
- NASB You shall not even go out from the doorway of the tent of meeting, or you will die; for the Lord’s anointing oil is upon you.” So they did according to the word of Moses.
- NLT But you must not leave the entrance of the Tabernacle or you will die, for you have been anointed with the Lord’s anointing oil.” So they did as Moses commanded.
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Quick answer
The priests must not leave the Tent because Yahweh's anointing oil is on them, and they obey. The mark of consecration binds them to faithful service.
Overview
The anointing oil set the priests apart as belonging wholly to God, so they may not abandon their post even to bury kin. Their obedience 'according to the word of Moses' models submission to God's claim. The anointed priesthood points to Christ, the Anointed One (Messiah), wholly devoted to his priestly mission, and to believers anointed by the Spirit.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Lev 21:12He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.
- Acts 10:38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
- 2 Cor 1:21Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
- Lev 8:30Next, 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.
- Exod 28:41After you put these garments on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them so that they may serve Me as priests.
- Lev 8:12He also poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.
- Exod 30:30Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve Me as priests.
- Luke 9:60But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
- Exod 40:13–15And you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments, anoint him, and consecrate him, so that he may serve Me as a priest.
- Matt 8:21–22Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
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