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Leviticus 8:3 Explained in Context

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Verse 3. And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Role in This Section

This verse requires the entire congregation to assemble at the tent entrance.

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  • Leviticus 8:1-13

Start with 8:1-13 rather than Leviticus 8:3 alone. In that complete movement, this verse requires the entire congregation to assemble at the tent entrance. The unit's controlling claim is: Moses gathers the congregation, washes and dresses Aaron, anoints tabernacle and altar, and clothes Aaron's sons as commanded.

Why It Needs Context

The verse requires the entire congregation to assemble at the tent entrance. Follow Leviticus 8:1-13 before drawing an enduring truth, since the surrounding case determines what this detail does and does not establish.

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Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.

Read Leviticus 8:1-13 — Aaron and his sons are washed, clothed, and anointed before Israel
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How certain is this explanation? strong

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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

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Exact location: Leviticus 8:1-13, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus

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hebrew text and morphology

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus

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Open Scriptures, release 2.2

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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 8:1-13

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