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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Leviticus 8:3

All the congregation The elders, who represented all, and as many of the people as would and could get thither, that all might be witnesses both of Aaron's commission from God, and of his work and business.

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See also Leviticus 8:3 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    GATHER ... - Rather, gather all the assembly together toward the entrance of the tent of meeting. See Leviticus 4:13. The whole body of the people were summoned on this occasion, and the elders probab...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    II. THE PRIESTHOOD AND THE RESULTS OF HOLINESS 1. Aaron and His Sons and Their Consecration CHAPTER 8 _ 1. Aaron (Leviticus 8:1)_ 2. Aaron and his sons (Leviticus 8:13) 3. The consecration ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LEVITICUS 8-9. THE CONSECRATION AND INDUCTION OF PRIESTS, to which Leviticus 10 is an appendix. Leviticus 8 properly follows Exodus 40. Exodus 29 gives the law of consecrations. Exodus 30-40 the build...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DOOR. entrance. TABERNACLE. tent. Hebrew. _'ohel_. App-40....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. HISTORICAL SECTION 8:110:20 1. THE CONSECRATION OF THE PRIESTS 8:1-36 a. INTRODUCTION 8:1-5 TEXT 8:1-5 1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garmen...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND GATHER THOU ALL THE CONGREGATION TOGETHER UNTO THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION._ Gather thou all the congregation together, х_ HAQHEEL_ (H6950)] - summon, convoke, without regard...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CONSECRATION OF AARON AND HIS SONS This chapter relates the fulfilmeiit of the injunctions given in Exodus 29:1....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND GATHER THOU ALL THE CONGREGATION TOGETHER — Better, _and gather all the assembly together._ The same word is rightly rendered assembly in the Authorised Version in Leviticus 8:4. (See Leviticus 4:...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אֵ֥ת כָּל ־הָ עֵדָ֖ה הַקְהֵ֑ל אֶל

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE CONSECRATION OF AARON AND HIS SONS, AND OF THE TABERNACLE Leviticus 8:1 THE second section of the book of Leviticus Leviticus 8:1 Leviticus 10:20 is historical, and describes (chapter 8) the cons...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    AARON AND HIS SONS CONSECRATED Leviticus 8:1 Here we have our Lord's eternal Priesthood presented in miniature. The whole congregation had to be present, because each had a claim on Aaron's services,...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    At this point the second section of the book commences dealing with the laws of mediation. It opens with a brief historical account of the actual ceremony of the consecration of the priests and Tabern...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The gathering the congregation together as witnesses of this consecration is very striking. In the gospel church it is ever to be wished that the setting apart to the ministry, should always be in a p...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 8 AND 9. The sacrifices and the rules for partaking of them being thus appointed, priesthood is established (chap. 8) according to the ordinance. Aaron and hi...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. Ver. 3. _And gather thou all the congregation._] Ministers are to be ordained in the public assembly...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Moses consecrateth Aaron and his sonnes. 14 Their sinne offering. 18 Their burnt offring. 22 The ram of consecrations. 31 The place and time of their consecration. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Mos...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    and gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. The detailed instructions of the Lord regarding the consecration of the priests, Exodus 28:29; Exodus...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    PUTTING ON THE GARMENTS...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CONSECRATION OF AARON AND HIS SONS (VV. 1-36) The consecration of Aaron and his sons is typical of what is involved in the establishing of all believers as priests in this present day of grace. Th...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-13 The consecration of Aaron and his sons had been delayed until the tabernacle had been prepared, and the laws of the sacrifices given. Aaron and his sons were washed with water, to signify that t...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The elders which represented all, and as many of the people as would and could get thither, that all might be witnesses both of Aaron's commission from God, and of his work and business....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    Having considered the doctrine of sacrifice, as unfolded in the first seven Chapter s of this book, we now approach the subject of priesthood. The two subjects are intimately connected. The Sinner nee...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Leviticus 8:3 gather H6950 congregation H5712 together H6950 (H8685) door H6607 tabernacle H168 meeting H4150...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    AT YAHWEH'S COMMAND THE PEOPLE ARE CALLED TOGETHER AND INFORMED THAT WHAT THEY ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS TAKING PLACE AT THE COMMAND OF YAHWEH (LEVITICUS 8:2). An epoch making moment was about to take place...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Consecration of Aaron and sons for the priesthood. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron and sons. CONCLUSION: All who minister about holy things must have an eye to God's commands as their rule a...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Leviticus 8:2. _The garments._ See Exodus 28. where these are described. In after times the ten tribes substituted a teraphim for the ephod. Leviticus 8:6. _Moses washed them with water._ Moses acts i...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Sanctified Aaron. .. and his sons._ AARON AND HIS CONSECRATION The chapter before us gives a description of the ceremonies by which the priests were consecrated and formally inducted into their hig...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 8:1 The Establishment of the Priesthood. The book of Exodus 1:1 ends with the construction of the tabernacle ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    The Priesthood Initiated and Consecrated SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 8:2.—Take Aaron and his sons and the garments, etc. All that was to be now done by Moses had previously been specifically enjoin...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    PART II. THE INSTITUTION OF AN HEREDITARY PRIESTHOOD EXPOSITION THE CONSECRATION OF AARON AND HIS SONS is the natural sequel of the foregoing division of the book. The sacrificial system, which had n...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    We get into chapter eight and now that God has laid out for them the various offerings and the ordinances regarding these offerings. How they were to be offered, who was to offer them, what part the p...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 13:5; 1 Chronicles 15:3; 2 Chronicles 30:13; 2 Chronicles 30:2;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    All the congregation — The elders who represented all, and as many of the people as would, and could get thither, that all might be witnesses both of Aaron's commission from God, and of his work and b...

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