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Literal Standard Version

Leviticus 8:5

and Moses says to the congregation, "This [is] the thing which YHWH has commanded to do."

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Holman Bible Dictionary - High Priest;   Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Anointing, Anointed;   Priests and Levites;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Priesthood, the;   Worship, the;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sifra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Moshe said to the congregation, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded to be done."
King James Version
And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the Lord commanded to be done.
Lexham English Bible
Then Moses said to the community, "This is the word that Yahweh has commanded to be done."
New Century Version
Then Moses spoke to the people and said, "This is what the Lord has commanded to be done."
New English Translation
Then Moses said to the congregation: "This is what the Lord has commanded to be done."
Amplified Bible
Moses said to the congregation, "This is what the LORD has commanded us to do."
New American Standard Bible
Moses said to the congregation, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded us to do."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Moses said vnto the company, This is the thing which the Lorde hath commaunded to doe.
Legacy Standard Bible
and Moses said to the congregation, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded to do."
Contemporary English Version
he said, "We are here to follow the Lord 's instructions."
Complete Jewish Bible
Moshe said to the community, "This is what Adonai has ordered to be done."
Darby Translation
And Moses said to the assembly, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded to be done.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Moses said to them, "This is what the Lord has commanded must be done."
English Standard Version
And Moses said to the congregation, "This is the thing that the Lord has commanded to be done."
George Lamsa Translation
And Moses said to the congregation, This is the commandment which the LORD has commanded to be done.
Good News Translation
he said to them, "What I am now about to do is what the Lord has commanded."
Christian Standard Bible®
Moses said to them, “This is what the Lord has commanded to be done.”
Literal Translation
And Moses said to the congregation, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded to be done.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sayde vnto them: This is it, that the LORDE hath commaunded to do.
American Standard Version
And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded to be done.
Bible in Basic English
And Moses said to the people, This is what the Lord has given orders to be done.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Moyses sayd vnto the congregation: This is the thing which the Lord commaunded to be done.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Moses said unto the congregation: 'This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded to be done.'
King James Version (1611)
And Moses saide vnto the Congregation, This is the thing which the Lord commanded to be done.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses said to the congregation, This is the thing which the Lord has commanded you to do.
English Revised Version
And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded to be done.
Berean Standard Bible
And Moses said to them, "This is what the LORD has commanded to be done."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
This is the word which the Lord comaundid to be don.
Young's Literal Translation
and Moses saith unto the company, `This [is] the thing which Jehovah hath commanded to do.'
Update Bible Version
And Moses said to the congregation, This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded to be done.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses said to the congregation, This [is] the thing which the LORD commanded to be done.
World English Bible
Moses said to the congregation, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded to be done."
New King James Version
And Moses said to the congregation, "This is what the LORD commanded to be done."
New Living Translation
Moses announced to them, "This is what the Lord has commanded us to do!"
New Life Bible
Moses said to the people, "This is what the Lord has said to do."
New Revised Standard
Moses said to the congregation, "This is what the Lord has commanded to be done."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said Moses unto the assembly, - This is the thing, which Yahweh hath commanded to be done.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He said: This is the word that the Lord hath commanded to be done.
Revised Standard Version
And Moses said to the congregation, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded to be done."
THE MESSAGE
Moses addressed the congregation: "This is what God has commanded to be done."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Moses said to the congregation, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded to do."

Contextual Overview

1And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying, 2"Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bullock of the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened things, 3and assemble all the congregation to the opening of the Tent of Meeting." 4And Moses does as YHWH has commanded him, and the congregation is assembled to the opening of the Tent of Meeting, 5and Moses says to the congregation, "This [is] the thing which YHWH has commanded to do."6And Moses brings Aaron and his sons near, and bathes them with water, 7and puts the coat on him, and girds him with the girdle, and clothes him with the upper robe, and puts the ephod on him, and girds him with the girdle of the ephod, and binds [it] to him with it, 8and puts the breastplate on him, and puts the Lights and the Perfections into the breastplate, 9and puts the turban on his head, and puts the golden flower of the holy crown on the turban, toward the front of its face, as YHWH has commanded Moses. 10And Moses takes the anointing oil, and anoints the Dwelling Place, and all that [is] in it, and sanctifies them;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Lord commanded to be done: Exodus 29:4-37

Cross-References

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on this day all [the] fountains of the great deep have been broken up, and the network of the heavens has been opened,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.


 
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