Ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle— Houbigant renders this very properly, Ye shall not depart from the door of the tabernacle for seven days; for it was at the door that the consecration was performed, Leviticus 8:3; Leviticus 8:31; Leviticus 8:35. Houbigant renders the 34th verse, in which it shall be done as it is done this day, that an atonement may be made for you: so the Lord hath commanded. The regard to the number seven is observable throughout the Scripture; and, possibly, so many days were appointed for the consecration of the priests, to denote their dedication to His service, who created all things in the space of six days, and rested the seventh. "This, however," as Bishop Patrick remarks, shews the imperfection of all the legal sacrifices, which would not have been so often repeated, if they had been of greater efficacy; yet the continuance of them for seven days doth signify the complete consecration of these priests, according to the rites of those times. In conformity to which, our great High-Priest, the LORD CHRIST, who was perfected by one sacrifice of himself, spent seven days in his consecration to his office: for as Aaron is commanded to attend at the tabernacle so many days together, in like manner our Lord CHRIST did attend in the temple five days successively before his death; and having purged it on the first or second of those days from the profaneness which was exercised in it by merchandising, and afterward hallowed it by his doctrine, and by his Divine presence, which appeared in several miraculous cures, he went the sixth day into his heavenly sanctuary, into paradise itself, to purify and sanctify it with his own blood, as Moses at Aaron's consecration did the material sanctuary and altar with the blood of beasts; and, having rested the seventh day, finished all by his resurrection early the next day in the morning."
Note; 1. They who will serve the Lord must learn to endure hardships as good soldiers, and to disengage themselves from the affairs of this life. 2. They who have the charge of the Lord have an awful charge indeed. If through their neglect the sinner die in his iniquity, his blood will be required at their hands. 3. When we have once solemnly given up ourselves to God, we must never look back. 4. They who give themselves up to him shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of his house. God himself will be their portion and exceeding great reward.