"At the doorwayof the tentof meeting,moreover, you shall remaindayand nightfor sevendaysand keepthe chargeof the LORD,so that you will not die,for soI have been commanded."
"Keepthe chargeof the LORDyour God,to walkin His ways,to keepHis statutes,His commandments,His ordinances,and His testimonies,according to what is writtenin the Lawof Moses,that you may succeedin allthat you doand whereveryou turn,
"Thusyou shall doto Aaronand to his sons,according to allthat I have commandedyou; you shall ordainthem through sevendays.
For sevendaysyou shall preparedailya goatfor a sinoffering;also a youngbulland a ramfrom the flock,withoutblemish,shall be prepared.
"[It shall be] for the priestswho are sanctifiedof the sonsof Zadok,whohave keptMy charge,whodid not goastraywhen the sonsof Israelwentastrayas the Leviteswentastray.
Now Nadaband Abihu,the sonsof Aaron,tooktheir respectivefirepans,and after puttingfirein them, placedincenseon it and offeredstrangefirebeforethe LORD,whichHe had not commandedthem.
"The one to be cleansedshall then washhis clothesand shaveoffallhis hairand bathein waterand be clean.Now afterward,he may enterthe camp,but he shall stayoutsidehis tentfor sevendays.
So Mosestooksomeof the anointingoiland someof the bloodwhichwas on the altarand sprinkledit on Aaron,on his garments,on his sons,and on the garmentsof his sonswith him; and he consecratedAaron,his garments,and his sons,and the garmentsof his sonswith him.
"The LORDhas commandedto doas has been donethisday,to makeatonementon your behalf.
Thus Aaronand his sonsdidallthe thingswhichthe LORDhad commandedthroughMoses.
That oneshall purifyhimself from uncleannesswith the water on the thirddayand on the seventhday,[and then] he will be clean;but ifhe does not purifyhimself on the thirddayand on the seventhday,he will not be clean.
"They shall performthe dutiesfor him and for the wholecongregationbeforethe tentof meeting,to dothe serviceof the tabernacle.
Even when the cloudlingeredoverthe tabernaclefor manydays,the sonsof Israelwould keepthe LORD'Schargeand not setout.
Therefore,havingthesepromises,beloved,let us cleanseourselvesfrom alldefilementof fleshand spirit,perfectingholinessin the fearof God.
"You shall therefore lovethe LORDyour God,and alwayskeepHis charge,His statutes,His ordinances,and His commandments.
ThiscommandI entrustto you, Timothy,[my] son,in accordancewith the propheciespreviously madeconcerningyou, that by them you fightthe goodfight,
I solemnly chargeyou in the presenceof Godand of ChristJesusand of [His] chosenangels,to maintainthese[principles] withoutbias,doingnothingin a [spirit of] partiality.
I chargeyou in the presenceof God,who gives lifeto all things,and of ChristJesus,who testifiedthe goodconfessionbeforePontiusPilate,
Instructthosewho are richin thispresentworldnot to be conceitedorto fix their hopeon the uncertaintyof riches,but on God,who richlysuppliesus with all thingsto enjoy.
OTimothy,guardwhat has been entrustedto you, avoidingworldly[and] empty chatter[and] the opposing argumentsof what is falsely called"knowledge"--
I solemnly charge[you] in the presenceof Godand of ChristJesus,who is to judgethe livingand the dead,and by His appearingand His kingdom:
For the Lawappointsmenas high priestswho are weak,but the wordof the oath,which came afterthe Law,[appoints] a Son,made perfectforever.
