Vayikra 8:5

5 And Moshe said unto HaEdah, This is the thing which Hashem commanded to be done.

Vayikra 8:5 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 8:5

And Moses said unto the congregation
Having convened them, he opened to them the reason of their being called together, which was not done of himself, but by divine direction: this [is] the thing which the Lord commanded to be done;
namely, what follows, concerning the consecration of Aaron and his sons to be priests, and the investiture of them with that office, attended with various rites and ceremonies to be performed, of which they were to be witnesses.

Vayikra 8:5 In-Context

3 And gather thou Kol HaEdah together unto the entrance of the Ohel Mo’ed.

4 And Moshe did as Hashem commanded him; and HaEdah (the Assembly) was gathered together unto the entrance of the Ohel Mo’ed.

5 And Moshe said unto HaEdah, This is the thing which Hashem commanded to be done.

6 And Moshe brought Aharon and his Banim, and immersed them with mayim.

7 And he put upon him the Kesones [see Yn 19:23], and girded him with the Avnet (Sash), and clothed him with the Me’il (Robe), and put the Ephod upon him, and he girded him with the Cheishev (Belt) of the Ephod, and fastened it unto him therewith.