Leviticus 9:5 - On the “community” label

וַיִּקְח֗וּ אֵ֚ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֣ה מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶל־פְּנֵ֖י אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וַֽיִּקְרְבוּ֙ כׇּל־הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה וַיַּֽעַמְד֖וּ לִפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

They brought to the front of the Tent of Meeting the things that Moses had commanded, and the whole community* came forward and stood before GOD.

*whole community See note at 8.3.

(The above rendering and its footnote come from the RJPS translation, an adaptation of the NJPS translation.)


On the enriched meaning of the term כׇּל־הָעֵדָה in such contexts, see my comment at 8:3.