Exodus 28:43 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 28:43

Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die. This is to be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants.

BSB

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ASV

and they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in unto the tent of meeting, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and unto his seed after him.

KJV

And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.

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Commentary

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

It shall be a statute forever - That is, It is to continue as long as the priesthood continues. And it is to have its perpetuity in the substance, of which these things were the shadows.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָיוּ֩	ve.ha.Yu	and they will be	H1961 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
אַהֲרֹ֨ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
וְעַל־	ve.'al-	and on	H5921 →
בָּנָ֜יו	ba.Nav	sons his	H1121 →
בְּבֹאָ֣ם׀	be.vo.'Am	when go they	H935 →
אֶל־	'el-	into	H413 →
אֹ֣הֶל	'O.hel	[the] tent of	H168 →
מוֹעֵ֗ד	mo.'Ed	meeting	H4150 →
א֣וֹ	'o	or	H176 →
בְגִשְׁתָּ֤ם	ve.gish.Tam	when draw near they	H5066 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙	ha.miz.Be.ach	the altar	H4196 →
לְשָׁרֵ֣ת	le.sha.Ret	to serve	H8334 →
בַּקֹּ֔דֶשׁ	ba.Ko.desh	in the holy place	H6944 →
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
יִשְׂא֥וּ	yis.'U	they will bear	H5375 →
עָוֹ֖ן	'a.Von	guilt	H5771 →
וָמֵ֑תוּ	va.Me.tu	and they will die	H4191 →
חֻקַּ֥ת	chu.Kat	[it will be] a statute of	H2708 →
עוֹלָ֛ם	o.Lam	perpetuity	H5769 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	for him
וּלְזַרְע֥וֹ	u.le.zar.'O	and for offspring his	H2233 →
אַחֲרָֽיו׃ ס	'a.cha.Rav	after him	H310 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 20:26
And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’
leads to
- 1 Peter 1:16
  for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
- Ecclesiastes 5:1
  Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
Through
Leviticus 5:1
“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.
leads to
- Leviticus 5:17
  If someone sins and violates any of the LORD’s commandments even though he was unaware, he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.
- Proverbs 29:24
  A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath, but does not testify.
Through
Leviticus 5:17
If someone sins and violates any of the LORD’s commandments even though he was unaware, he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.
leads to
- Leviticus 4:27
  And if one of the common people sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the LORD’s commandments, he incurs guilt.
- Leviticus 4:13
  Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is…
Through
Exodus 27:21
In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to…
leads to
- Numbers 18:23
  The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an…
- Numbers 19:21
  This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.

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