Leviticus 8:3

3 and summon all of the community to the entrance to the tent of assembly."

Leviticus 8:3 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 8:3

And gather thou all the congregation together
That is, the heads of the tribes and the elders of the people, as Aben Ezra interprets it; for the whole body of the people, and every individual of them, could not be got together: unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation;
taking this for the whole court itself, as it sometimes is; though no doubt on this occasion as great a number was convened as well could be admitted into the court, or about it, to be spectators and witnesses of the solemn investiture of Aaron and his sons with the priestly office.

Leviticus 8:3 In-Context

1 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments and the anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the basket of the unleavened bread,

3 and summon all of the community to the entrance to the tent of assembly."

4 So Moses did [just] as Yahweh commanded him, and the community gathered by the entrance to the tent of assembly.

5 Then Moses said to the community, "This [is] the word that Yahweh has commanded to be done."

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "of"