and — to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)בַּיּ֣וֹם
yôwm
in/with/by — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)הַשְּׁמִינִ֔י
shᵉmîynîy
the — eightקָרָ֣א
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)מֹשֶׁ֔ה
Môsheh
Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiverלְאַהֲרֹ֖ן
ʼAhărôwn
to/for — Aharon, the brother of Mosesוּלְבָנָ֑יו
bên
and to/for — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)וּלְזִקְנֵ֖י
zâqên
and to/for — oldיִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Yisrâʼêl
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Leviticus 9:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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And it happened on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel;
Aaron and his sons spent seven full days confined at the tabernacle entrance, not permitted to leave (8:33-35) - a week-long consecration before this "eighth day" opens their actual ministry. The number isn't incidental in a book already structured around sevens; the priesthood formally begins exactly one day past a completed cycle.
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Today's memory verse · from this session
“And it happened on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel;”
Aaron and his sons spent seven full days confined at the tabernacle entrance, not permitted to leave (8:33-35) - a week-long consecration before this "eighth day" opens their actual ministry. The number isn't incidental in a book already structured around sevens; the priesthood formally begins exactly one day past a completed cycle.