Leviticus 9:5
in Leviticus 9So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the Tent of Meeting, and the whole congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.
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ASV
And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tent of meeting: and all the congregation drew near and stood before Jehovah.
KJV
And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord.
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This verse in Leviticus 9
Commentary
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So they took what Moses had commanded
on Leviticus 9:5-6
The whole congregation stands before the LORD while Aaron works. Exodus 40:34-35 filled the tent with the glory and left Moses outside, and here it comes out to the people.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The meeting is held according to the appointment. Aaron attends on God by sacrifice, offering a sin-offering and burnt-offering for himself (
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Aaron offers for himself, ver. 8-14. Offers for, and blesses the people, ver. 15-22. God signifies his acceptance of their persons and of their sacrifices, ver. 23-24.
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And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation,.... That is, Aaron and his sons, and all the children of Israel, as the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The first of their official acts was the sacrifice of another sin offering to atone for the defects of the inauguration services; and yet that sacrifice did not consist of a bullock--the sacrifice appointed for some particular transgression, but of a calf, perhaps not without a significant reference to Aaron's sin in the golden calf [Ex 32:22-24].
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְח֗וּ | vaiyikchu | and they took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֵ֚ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוָּ֣ה | tzivah | he had commanded | H6680 → | 494 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| פְּנֵ֖י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אֹ֣הֶל | ʾohel | [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵ֑ד | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
| וַֽיִּקְרְבוּ֙ | vaiyikrevu | and they drew near | H7126 → | 280 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה | haedah | the congregation | H5712 → | 149 times |
| וַיַּֽעַמְד֖וּ | vaiyaamdu | and they stood | H5975 → | 521 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וַיִּקְח֗וּand they took
vaiyikchuH3947 →966 times
אֵ֚ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
אֲשֶׁ֣ר[that] which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
צִוָּ֣הhe had commanded
tzivahH6680 →494 times
מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
פְּנֵ֖י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
אֹ֣הֶל[the] tent of
ʾohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵ֑דmeeting
moedH4150 →223 times
וַֽיִּקְרְבוּ֙and they drew near
vaiyikrevuH7126 →280 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָ֣עֵדָ֔הthe congregation
haedahH5712 →149 times
וַיַּֽעַמְד֖וּand they stood
vaiyaamduH5975 →521 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 31:12Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:10
The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 4:10
Through
Nehemiah 8:1At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD…
it leads to
- Ezra 7:6
this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for…
- 2 Chronicles 34:15
And Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan.
- Nehemiah 3:26
and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.
- Matthew 13:52
Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
- Ezra 7:6
Through
1 Chronicles 15:3And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 8:1
At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion,…
- 1 Chronicles 13:5
So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
- 1 Chronicles 15:1
David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
- 1 Kings 8:1
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
