26. Seven days] See Exod. xxix. 35; Lev. viii. 33. — and they shall consecrate themselves.] The expression in the original is, "they shall fill their hands." The priests were consecrated to their office partly by the act of filling their hands with what they were to offer, Exod. xxix. 24. Calmet, W. Lowth. Chap. XLIV. ver. 1. — of the outward sanctuary] In 26. — seven days.] His uncleanness continued for seven days by the law, Numb. xix. 11; and the priests were to reckon to him seven days more, before he was to be admitted into the sanctuary. W. Lowth. 28. — ye shall give them no possession] Their priesthood, their ministry in my sanctuary, and the perquisites thereto belonging, shall be to them instead of lands and cities, of which they shall not have any share as the other tribes; see Deut. x. 9; Josh. xiii. 14. W. Lowth, Michaelis. A portion was however allotted to them, under the new division in the following chapter. W. Lowth.