And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Parallel translations
- WEB and assemble all the congregation at the door of the Tent of Meeting.”
- BSB and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.”
- 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
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- 2 Chr 30:13And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
- Acts 2:1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
- Ps 22:25My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
- Num 21:16And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
- 1 Chr 15:3And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
- 2 Chr 5:6Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
- 2 Chr 30:25And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
- Neh 8:1And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
- 2 Chr 5:2Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
- Num 20:8Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
- 2 Chr 30:2For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
- 1 Chr 13:5So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
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