and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.”
Parallel translations
- WEB and assemble all the congregation at the door of the Tent of Meeting.”
- KJV And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
- NKJV and gather all the congregation together at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.”
- NASB and assemble all the congregation at the doorway of the tent of meeting.”
- NLT and call the entire community of Israel together at the entrance of the Tabernacle.”
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Quick answer
Moses is to assemble the whole congregation at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. The ordination was to be a public act witnessed by all Israel.
Overview
The community was gathered so that the consecration of the priesthood would be openly seen and acknowledged. This public character affirmed that the priests served on behalf of the whole people before God. It underscores that the ministry instituted here belonged to and represented all Israel.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- 2 Chr 30:13In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
- Acts 2:1When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
- Ps 22:25My praise for You resounds in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You.
- Num 21:16From there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.”
- 1 Chr 15:3And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.
- 2 Chr 5:6There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
- 2 Chr 30:25Then the whole assembly of Judah rejoiced along with the priests and Levites and the whole assembly that had come from Israel, including the foreigners who had come from Israel and those who lived in Judah.
- Neh 8:1At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
- 2 Chr 5:2At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
- Num 20:8“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”
- 2 Chr 30:2For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,
- 1 Chr 13:5So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
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Every sacrifice, every priest, and every day of atonement points beyond itself to the one perfect offering and the great High Priest who, by his own blood, makes the unclean holy once for all.
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