“And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord.”
They took the things Moses commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the entire assembly came near and stood before the Lord. The entire assembly gathered at the tent of meeting follows the same pattern as the ordination ceremony: the community present for the installation of the priests is present for the first exercise of the priestly ministry. The community that stood before the Lord at Sinai now stands before the Lord at the tent of meeting. The transition from the mountain to the tabernacle as the site of divine encounter is embodied in the gathering of the same community at the new sacred location.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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