And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.
Ye shall not ... After all these preliminaries, they had still to undergo a week's probation in the court of the tabernacle before they obtained permission to enter into the interior of the sacred building. During the whole of that period the same sacrificial rites were observed as on the first day; and they were expressly admonished that the smallest breach of any of the appointed observances would lead to the certain forfeiture of their lives. 'The case of the high priest differed from that of the common priests, who were never consecrated afresh after the original consecration of their fathers, the immediate sons of Aaron. The reason of this difference was, that the pontificate descended according to personal claims, but the priesthood was by hereditary right' (Outram On Sac. Dis.,' 1:, ch. 5:, Allen's Translation).