What Does Exodus 29:30 Mean in the King James?
And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The priestly role takes visible form on the body: the successor wears its garments through seven days of service.
THE MEANING
Here, succession is embodied: the son wears the priestly garments for seven days as he enters the tent to serve in the set-apart place. The role is carried through wearing, entering, and serving within a defined span, not by title alone.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the idea that inheriting a title completes the role: the son wears the garments and enters to serve.
THE ROOT
יִלְבָּשָׁם
yilbasham
GROWS FROM
לבש
l-b-sh
to wear or clothe
“put them on” in this verse is yilbasham. The verb for putting on the garments belongs to the same root as words for clothing and the act of dressing someone. The priestly role is made visible on the body as the son enters to serve.
ALSO GROWS
malbush: clothing or a garment
מַלְבּוּשׁ
The noun keeps the same root in view: the verse’s action of putting on is tied directly to what is worn.
hilbish: to clothe someone
הִלְבִּישׁ
This causative form makes clothing an act done to another, echoing the son receiving garments for his priestly role.
לְשָׁרֵת
leshareth
GROWS FROM
שרת
sh-r-t
to attend or serve
“minister” in this verse is leshareth. The service word points to attendance, not simply possession of an office. Beside the clothing verb, it shows the role as something worn and enacted through service.
ALSO GROWS
mesharet: one who serves or attends
מְשָׁרֵת
The person named by this branch is defined by the work of attending, as the son is defined here by entering to minister.
sherut: service
שֵׁרוּת
This noun carries the root’s action into the work itself, keeping ministry connected to active service.
בַּקֹּדֶשׁ
ba-qodesh
GROWS FROM
קדש
q-d-sh
to set apart, mark as sacred
“holy place” in this verse is ba-qodesh. The place of service carries the root of setting apart; the garments and the entry locate the work in a space marked for sacred service. The verse binds what the priest wears, where he enters, and what he does.
ALSO GROWS
qadosh: set apart, sacred
קָדוֹשׁ
This adjective carries the root’s quality into the place where the son ministers.
miqdash: sanctuary, a set-apart place
מִקְדָּשׁ
The sanctuary name extends the same root into a place designated for sacred service.
THE PATTERN
Priestly service is marked on the body and unfolds through a bounded course of preparation.
And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.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.And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,THE THREAD
And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.The verb for putting on garments comes from the same Hebrew root in both verses. Exodus 28:41 joins that clothing to consecration and ministry, while Exodus 29:30 focuses on the son who wears the garments through seven days of service.
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