Leviticus 8:35

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the Lord's charge so that you will not die, for this is what I was commanded.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּפֶתַח֩ אֹ֨הֶל מוֹעֵ֜ד תֵּשְׁב֨וּ יוֹמָ֤ם וָלַ֙יְלָה֙ שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֔ים וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֛ם אֶת־מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת יְהוָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א תָמ֑וּתוּ כִּי־כֵ֖ן צֻוֵּֽיתִי

Transliteration

And־at־petaḥ ʾōhel mōʿēd tēšəbū yōmām wə-laylāh šibʿat yāmîm ū-šəmartem ʾet־mišmeret yhwh and־not tāmūtū for־thus ṣuwwêtî

Grammar Details

• *petaḥ*: masculine singular construct - opening/entrance of
• *ʾōhel*: masculine singular construct - tent of
• *mōʿēd*: masculine singular noun - meeting/appointed time
• *tēšəbū*: 2nd masculine plural imperfect qal - you shall stay/sit/remain
• *yōmām*: adverb - by day/daytime
• *wə-laylāh*: conjunction + masculine singular noun - and night
• *šibʿat*: feminine singular construct - seven of
• *yāmîm*: masculine plural noun - days
• *ū-šəmartem*: conjunction + 2nd masculine plural perfect qal - and you shall keep/guard
• *mišmeret*: feminine singular construct - charge/watch/guard duty of
• *yhwh*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *tāmūtū*: 2nd masculine plural imperfect qal - you will die
• *ṣuwwêtî*: 1st singular perfect pual - I was commanded

Word Meanings

• *petaḥ ʾōhel mōʿēd*: entrance of tent of meeting/doorway of tabernacle
• *tēšəbū*: remain/stay/dwell/sit
• *mišmeret*: charge/watch/guard duty/obligation

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernac of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Therefore, you shall abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night for seven days and keep the charge of the LORD, lest you die; for so I am commanded.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And at the door{H6607} of the tent{H168} of meeting{H4150} shall ye abide{H3427} day{H3119} and night{H3915} seven{H7651} days,{H3119} and keep{H8104} the charge{H4931} of Jehovah,{H3068} that ye die{H4191} not: for so I am commanded.{H6680}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Therefore shall ye abide{H3427}{(H8799)} at the door{H6607} of the tabernacle{H168} of the congregation{H4150} day{H3119} and night{H3915} seven{H7651} days{H3117}, and keep{H8104}{(H8804)} the charge{H4931} of the LORD{H3068}, that ye die{H4191}{(H8799)} not: for so I am commanded{H6680}{(H8795)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Se therfore that ye abyde in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse daye and nyghte seuen dayes longe: and kepe the watch of the Lorde that ye dye not: for so I am commaunded.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And ye shal tary before the Tabernacle of wytnesse daye and night seuen dayes longe, & shal kepe ye watch of ye LORDE, that ye dye not, for thus am I comaunded.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore shall yee abide at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation day and night, seuen dayes, and shall keepe the watch of the Lord, that ye dye not: for so I am commanded.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Therefore shall ye abyde at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation day and nyght seuen dayes long, and kepe the watch of the Lord, and ye shal not dye: for so I am commaunded.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  At the door of the Tent of Meeting you shall stay day and night seven days, and keep the charge of Yahweh, that you don't die: for so I am commanded."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and at the opening of the tent of meeting ye abide, by day and by night seven days, and ye have kept the charge of Jehovah, and die not, for so I have been commanded.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And at the door of the tent of meeting shall ye abide day and night seven days, and keep the charge of Jehovah, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And at the door of the tent of meeting shall ye abide day and night seven days, and keep the charge of Jehovah, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you are to keep watch for the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting day and night for seven days, so that death may not come to you: for so he has given me orders.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall stay at the door of the Tent of Meeting day and night seven days, and keep Yahweh's command, that you don't die: for so I am commanded."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You must reside at the entrance of the Meeting Tent day and night for seven days and keep the charge of the LORD so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”

Referenced Verses

• Deut 11:1 : 1 You shall love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments.
• 1 Kgs 2:3 : 3 Obey the charge of the LORD your God by walking in His ways, keeping His statutes, commandments, judgments, and testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses. In this way, you will prosper in all you do and wherever you turn.
• Num 3:7 : 7 They shall be responsible for his duties and the duties of the entire congregation before the tent of meeting, to perform the service of the tabernacle.
• Num 9:19 : 19 Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the people of Israel kept the LORD’s command and did not set out.
• Num 19:12 : 12 He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day, then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third day and the seventh day, he will not be clean.
• Exod 29:35 : 35 Do for Aaron and his sons everything I have commanded you, taking seven days to ordain them.
• Lev 8:30 : 30 Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood from the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron, his garments, his sons, and their garments.
• Lev 10:1 : 1 Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his own censer, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them to do.
• Lev 14:8 : 8 The one who is to be cleansed must wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and bathe in water; then they will be clean. After that, they may enter the camp but must stay outside their tent for seven days.
• Ezek 43:25 : 25 For seven days, you shall prepare a male goat daily as a sin offering. You shall also prepare a young bull and a ram from the flock without blemish.
• Ezek 48:11 : 11 It shall be for the consecrated priests of the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary and did not go astray when the Israelites and the Levites did.
• 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, completing holiness in the fear of God.
• Col 2:9-9 : 9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily. 10 And you have been made complete in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
• 1 Tim 1:3-4 : 3 Just as I urged you to remain in Ephesus when I went to Macedonia, so that you might command certain people not to teach false doctrines, 4 nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship of God that is by faith.
• 1 Tim 1:18 : 18 Timothy, my child, I entrust this charge to you, in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the good fight,
• 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I solemnly charge you, in the presence of God, and of Christ Jesus, and of the chosen angels, to observe these instructions without prejudice, doing nothing out of favoritism.
• 1 Tim 6:13 : 13 In the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate, I charge you.
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be arrogant or to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.
• 1 Tim 6:20 : 20 O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding irreverent and empty speech and contradictions from what is falsely called knowledge.
• 2 Tim 4:1 : 1 I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, by His appearing and His kingdom:
• Heb 7:28 : 28 For the law appoints men who are weak as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
• Heb 9:23-24 : 23 Therefore, it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves require better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands, which is only a copy of the true one, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.