Exodus 29 · Verse 30

Exodus 29:30

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.

Exodus 29:30, King James Version

Exodus 29:30 in other translations

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.
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.
ASV	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.
YLT	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.
DARBY	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.
BBE	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.
Webster	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.

What does Exodus 29:30 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 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 Lev 8:33, etc. The number seven is what is called among the Hebrews a number of perfection; and it is often used to denote the completion, accomplishment, fullness, 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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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 29:1-37

The continual burnt-offerings, God's promise to dwell among Israel. (38-46) Verses 1-37 Aaron and his sons were to be set apart for the priest's office, with ceremony and solemnity. Our Lord Jesus is the great High Priest of our profession, called of God to be so; anointed with the Spirit, whence he is called Messiah, the Christ; clothed with glory and beauty; sanctified by his own blood; made perfect, or…

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Exodus 29:30 in the original Hebrew

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שִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtsevenH7651

יָמִ֗יםya.MimdaysH3117

יִלְבָּשָׁ֧םyil.ba.Shamhe will wear themH3847

הַכֹּהֵ֛ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548

תַּחְתָּ֖יוtach.Tavin place of himH8478

מִבָּנָ֑יוmi.ba.Navone of sons hisH1121

אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhoH834

יָבֹ֛אya.Vo'he will comeH935

אֶל\־'el-intoH413

אֹ֥הֶל'O.hel[the] tent ofH168

מוֹעֵ֖דmo.'EdmeetingH4150

לְשָׁרֵ֥תle.sha.Retto serveH8334

בַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ\׃ba.Ko.deshin the holy placeH6944

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Cross references for Exodus 29:30

Numbers 20:28
And 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.
Leviticus 13:5
And 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:
Ezekiel 43:26
Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.
Leviticus 9:8
Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
Joshua 6:14-15
And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
Genesis 8:12
And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
Leviticus 9:1
And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;
Exodus 29:35
And 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.
Leviticus 8:33-35
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. As he hath done this day, so the Lord hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you. 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.
Genesis 8:10
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
Leviticus 12:2-3
Speak 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. And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
Exodus 12:15
Seven 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

that son. Heb. he of his sons.
Nu 20:28; Heb 7:26
seven days.
35; 12:15; Ge 8:10,12; Le 8:33-35; 9:1,8; 12:2,3; 13:5; Jos 6:14,15
Eze 43:26; Ac 20:6,7

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Context

Exodus 29:29
And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.
Exodus 29:30
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.
Exodus 29:31
And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.

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Exodus 29:30 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Por siete días las vestirá el sacerdote de sus hijos, que en su lugar viniere al tabernáculo del testimonio á servir en el santuario.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Celui d’entre ses fils qui sera sacrificateur à sa place, qui entrera dans la tente d’assignation pour faire le service dans le lieu saint, les revêtira pendant sept jours.
German Elberfelder 1871	Sieben Tage soll sie anziehen, wer von seinen Söhnen Priester wird an seiner Statt, welcher in das Zelt der Zusammenkunft hineingehen wird, um im Heiligtum zu dienen. -
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Septem diebus utetur illa qui pontifex pro eo fuerit constitutus de filiis ejus, et qui ingredietur tabernaculum testimonii ut ministret in sanctuario.