Leviticus 8:5
in Leviticus 8And Moses said to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded to be done.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded to be done.
KJV
And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the Lord commanded to be done.
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This verse in Leviticus 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him
on Leviticus 8:4-5
Moses runs the ceremony and installs an office he will never hold. It passes to his brother's line and not to his own sons.
This site's exposition
This is what the LORD has commanded to be done
Matthew Henry observes that Moses, for all his standing in Israel, set up nothing in the worship of God beyond what God had commanded. John Gill takes the congregation to be present as witnesses of the rites that follow.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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.
Moses, who was God's representative in this solemnity, produced his orders before the congregation: This is the thing which the Lord commanded to be done. Though God had crowned him king in Jeshurun, when he made his face to shine in the sight of all Israel, yet he did not institute or appoint any thing in God's worship but what God himself had commanded.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֖ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָעֵדָ֑ה | haedah | the congregation | H5712 → | 149 times |
| זֶ֣ה | zeh | this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| הַדָּבָ֔ר | hadavar | [is] the word | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוָּ֥ה | tzivah | he has commanded | H6680 → | 494 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ | laasot | to do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
מֹשֶׁ֖הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָעֵדָ֑הthe congregation
haedahH5712 →149 times
זֶ֣הthis
zehH2088 →1180 times
הַדָּבָ֔ר[is] the word
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
צִוָּ֥הhe has commanded
tzivahH6680 →494 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃to do
laasotH6213 →2628 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.