Leviticus 8:3

Then gather all the people at the entrance to the Sacred Tent.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

In Context

2“Bring Aaron and his sons, and bring their ◄special clothes/clothes that they will wear while they do the work of priests►, the oil for anointing them, the bull to be offered to cause them to become forgiven for the sins they have committed, the two rams to be slaughtered, and the basket containing bread made without yeast.

4Moses/I did what Yahweh told him/me to do, and all the people gathered there.

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Cross References

Numbers 8:9Then you must summon all the Israeli people to come together in front of the Sacred Tent, to gather around the descendants of Levi.

Numbers 21:16From there, the Israelis traveled to Beer. There was a well there, where Yahweh previously had said to Moses/me, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”

1 Chronicles 15:3David summoned all the people of Israel to come to Jerusalem. He wanted the Sacred Chest of Yahweh to be put in the place that he had made for it.

2 Chronicles 5:6King Solomon and many of the other people of Israel who had gathered there walked in front of the Sacred Chest. And they sacrificed a huge amount of sheep and cattle. No one was able to count them because there were very many.

2 Chronicles 30:13So a huge crowd of people gathered in Jerusalem in May, to celebrate the Festival of Eating Unleavened Bread.

Nehemiah 8:1Ezra, who taught people the laws of Moses, had a scroll on which the laws of Moses were written. Those were the laws that Yahweh had commanded the Israeli people to obey. On October 8 of that year, all the people gathered together in the plaza/square that was close to the Water Gate. Men and women and children who were old enough to understand gathered together. Someone told Ezra to bring out that scroll.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 8:2-14

Consecration of Aaron and His Sons. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; 3 And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And Moses did as the Lord commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 5 And Moses said unto the… Read the whole commentary →

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