Matthew Poole and continuators on Leviticus 8:35

35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the congregation day and night seven dayes, and keep the charge of the LORD , that ye die not , for so I am commanded.

What God hath commanded you concerning your consecration.

If the threatning seem too severe for the fault, it must be considered both that it is the usual practise of Lawgivers most severely to punish the first offences for the terrour and caution of others and for the maintenance of their own authority; and that this transgression was aggravated by many circumstances, being committed by sacred and eminent persons and that in the presence of the people▪ which made it a publick scandal, and in Gods worship, where he is very tender and jealous, and against a plain and easie command of God, and at a time when they were receiving high favours and priviledges from God. Nor is sin to be esteemed or measured by the idle fancies of men of corrupt minds and lives, whose interests and lusts easily blind their minds, but by the Authority, Majesty, and Will of the great, and wise, and iust Lawgiver.