Leviticus 8:3

3 and call the entire community of Israel together at the entrance of the Tabernacle. ”

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 the LORD said to Moses,

2 “Bring Aaron and his sons, along with their sacred garments, the anointing oil, the bull for the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of bread made without yeast,

3 and call the entire community of Israel together at the entrance of the Tabernacle. ”

4 So Moses followed the LORD ’s instructions, and the whole community assembled at the Tabernacle entrance.

5 Moses announced to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded us to do!”

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew Tent of Meeting; also in 8:4, 31, 33, 35 .