Leviticus 8:5

5 Moses said to the assembly, “This is what the LORD has commanded to be done.”

Leviticus 8:5 in Other Translations

5 And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done.

5 And Moses said to the congregation, "This is the thing that the LORD has commanded to be done."

5 Moses announced to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded us to do!”

5 Moses addressed the congregation: "This is what God has commanded to be done."

5 Moses said to them, "This is what the Lord has commanded to be done."

Leviticus 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.

Leviticus 8:5 In-Context

3 and gather the entire assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting.”

4 Moses did as the LORD commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

5 Moses said to the assembly, “This is what the LORD has commanded to be done.”

6 Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and washed them with water.

7 He put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him. He also fastened the ephod with a decorative waistband, which he tied around him.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 29:1