Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle
of
the congregation
Or rather "within" it, as Noldius renders it, since they were not
to go out of the door of it, ( Leviticus
8:33 ) whereas our version seems to leave it undetermined
whether they abode without the door or within; where they were to
continue,
day and night, seven days;
even the seven days of their consecration:
and keep the charge of the Lord, that ye die
not;
not the charge of the tabernacle, and the service of it committed
to them upon their investiture with their office, hereafter to be
observed by them; but what was charged upon them to attend unto,
during the seven days of their consecration; and the penalty
being death in case of failure, was to make them more careful and
cautious of transgressing; and which was the more necessary, as
they were to be pure and holy at their entrance upon their work:
and though this may seem somewhat severe, yet the aggravation of
their sin would be the greater, as it was to a sacred and
honourable work they were called, and to which they were now
consecrating; and as what was required of them was what might
easily be complied with: however Moses, to show that this was not
of himself, but by divine authority, adds,
for so I am commanded;
that is, to declare unto them, that if they did not punctually
observe the above orders, they must expect to die.