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Tell all the congregation of Israel, ‘On the tenth [day] of this month they are to take a lamb or young goat for themselves, according to [the size of] the household of which he is the father, a lamb or young goat for each household.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambLambsFamiliesFamily FirstProtecting Your Family

You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to slaughter it at twilight.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambThe Number FourteenTwilightKilling Sacrifices

Seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses; whoever eats what is leavened shall be cut off and excluded from [the atonement made for] the congregation of Israel, whether a stranger or native-born.

Verse ConceptsFeast Of Unleavened BreadDisfellowshipSeven DaysForeigners Included In The LawThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

The entire congregation of Israel shall keep and celebrate it.

Verse ConceptsAll People

They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they left the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsDeserts, SpecificMonth 2

The whole congregation of the Israelites [grew discontented and] murmured and rebelled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness,

Verse ConceptsMurmuringCriticism, against believersComplaintsDiscontentAnimosityGod HearingGrumbling At PeopleComplaining

Then Moses said to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of Israel, ‘Approach the Lord, because He has heard your murmurings.’”

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsGod HearingGod Paid Attention To Them

So it happened that as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory and brilliance of the Lord appeared in the cloud!

Verse ConceptsAppearances Of God In OtClouds, Miraculous UsesClouds, God's PresenceTheophanyDivine ManifestationsGod, Presence OfJudgement In The Wilderness

Now on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each person; and all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses.

Verse ConceptsGathering FoodDouble PortionsThe Sixth Day Of The WeekDay 6

Then all the congregation of the children of Israel moved on from the Wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTTravelParticular JourneysNo Water For People

But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him; and he spoke to them.

Verse ConceptsAddressing Someone

Moses gathered all the congregation of the sons of Israel together, and said to them, “These are the things which the Lord has commanded you to do:

Verse ConceptsAssemblyAssembling IsraelGod's Orders

And Moses said to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded:

Verse ConceptsGod's Orders

Then all the congregation of the Israelites left Moses’ presence.

Verse ConceptsLeaving

The silver from those of the congregation who were assembled and counted was 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;

Verse ConceptsCoinageSilverAmassing SilverRight Measures

‘Now if the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally, and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly, and they have done any one of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and they become guilty;

Verse ConceptsCarelessnessIgnorance Of Evil

when the sin which they have committed becomes known, then the congregation shall offer a young bull of the herd as a sin offering and bring it before the Tent of Meeting.

Verse ConceptsAssemblySin OfferingSin Made KnownSacrificing Cattle

Then the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord [to transfer symbolically the congregation’s guilt to the sacrifice], and they shall kill the bull before the Lord.

Verse ConceptsLaying On Of HandsHands On HeadsLaying Hands On SacrificesKilling Sacrifices

Then the priest is to bring the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the congregation.

Verse ConceptsOutside The CampBurning SacrificesRegulations For The Sin Offering

and assemble the entire congregation at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting.”

Verse ConceptsAssembling IsraelAssembling At The Doorway

Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and the congregation was assembled at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting.

Verse ConceptsAssembling IsraelAssembling At The Doorway

Moses said to the congregation, “This is what the Lord has commanded us to do.”

Verse ConceptsGod's Orders

So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the Tent of Meeting, and all the congregation approached and stood before the Lord.

Then Moses said to Aaron and to his [younger] sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not uncover your heads nor let your hair hang loose nor tear your clothes [as expressions of mourning], so that you will not die [also] and so that He will not express His wrath and anger toward all the congregation. But your relatives, the whole house of Israel, may mourn the burning which the Lord has brought about.

Verse ConceptsClothingClothing, Tearing OfHairsCovering HeadsBare HeadsDeath Due To God's PresenceBurning PeopleNot Tearing ClothesDo Not MournGod Will Be AngryMourning The Death Of Others

“Why did you not eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; and God gave it to you to remove the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord.

Verse ConceptsIncurring GuiltSin BearerFood For Priests DefinedWhy Do People Not Do This?Priests Atoning

He shall take from the congregation of the Israelites [at their expense] two male goats as a sin offering and one ram as a burnt offering.

Verse ConceptsMale AnimalsTwo AnimalsSacrificing Goats

There shall be no person in the Tent of Meeting when the high priest goes in to make atonement in the Holy Place [within the veil] until he comes out, so that he may make atonement for himself (his own sins) and for his household and for all the congregation of Israel.

Verse ConceptsDay Of AtonementEmpty PlacesActing For OneselfPriests Atoning

“Bring the one who has cursed [the Lord] outside the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head [as witnesses to his guilt]; then let all the congregation stone him.

Verse ConceptsCongregationDeath penaltyCamps, Unclean ThingsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfLaying On Of HandsHands On HeadsOutside The CampLaying On Hands For EvilInstructions About Stoning

Further, the one who blasphemes the name of the Lord shall most certainly be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him. The stranger as well as the native-born shall be put to death when he blasphemes the Name [of the Lord].

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyStrangersProfaning God's NameForeigners Included In The LawInstructions About StoningDeath Penalty For Heresy

“Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head

Verse ConceptsMoses, Life OfCensus

These men were the ones called from the congregation, the leaders of their fathers’ (ancestors’) tribes; they were the heads of thousands [the highest ranking officers] in Israel.”

Verse ConceptsMen

and assembled all the congregation on the first day of the second month, and they registered by ancestry in their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head,

Verse ConceptsCongregationAssembling IsraelMonth 2Family First

But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, so that there will be no wrath against the congregation of the Israelites. The Levites shall be in charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony.”

Verse ConceptsCamping During The ExodusAction Lest God Be Angry

So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families (clans) and by their fathers’ households,

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsCounting Levites

You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle), and you shall also assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel,

Verse ConceptsCongregationAssembling Israel

Thus Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel did [these things] to the Levites; in accordance with all that the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the Israelites did to them.

“Make two trumpets of silver; you shall make them of hammered work. You shall use them to summon the congregation and to have the camps move out.

Verse ConceptsSilverMusical Instruments, Made OfTwo Other Things

When both are blown, all the congregation [that is, all adult males] shall gather before you at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle).

Verse ConceptsConvocationsAssembling At The DoorwayTwo Other Things

When the assembly is to be gathered, you shall blow [the trumpets in short, sharp tones], but without sounding an alarm.

Verse ConceptsConvocations

they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the sons of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh, and brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the land’s fruit.

Then all the congregation [of Israel] raised their voices and cried out, and the people wept that night.

Verse ConceptsVoicesWeepingPeople Mourning Catastrophe

All the Israelites murmured [in discontent] against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “Oh that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or that we had died in this wilderness!

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsFaultsMurmuringDiscontentDying In The WildernessDesire For DeathGrumbling At PeopleDying In The Desert Complainingwandering

But all the congregation said to stone Joshua and Caleb with stones. But the glory and brilliance of the Lord appeared at the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) before all the sons of Israel.

Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfAppearances Of God In OtStoningTheophanyFear Of Stoning

“How long shall I put up with this evil congregation who murmur [in discontent] against Me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites, which they are making against Me.

Verse ConceptsFaultsGod, Patience OfHearingRejection Of GodGod, All knowingGrumblingBefore God ActsComplaining

I, the Lord, have spoken. I will most certainly do this to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed [by war, disease, and plagues], and here they shall die.’”

Verse ConceptsDecadenceDying In The WildernessDeath As Punishment

As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who returned and made all the congregation murmur and complain against him by bringing back a bad report concerning the land,

Verse ConceptsDiscontentSpying

As for the assembly, there shall be one [and the same] statute for you [of the congregation] and for the stranger who is a resident alien with you, a permanent statute throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord.

Verse ConceptsOrdinancesForeigners Included In The Law

then it shall be, if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bull as a burnt offering, as a sweet and soothing aroma to the Lord, with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat as a sin offering.

Verse ConceptsCongregationdrink offeringAnimal Sacrifices, BurntAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingMale AnimalsMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsRefreshing GodSacrificing CattleSacrificing GoatsUnintentional

Then the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and they will be forgiven, for it was an error and they have brought their offering, an offering by fire to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their error.

Verse ConceptsPriests AtoningMaking Mistakes

So all the congregation of the Israelites will be forgiven as well as the stranger who lives among them as a resident alien, because all the people were involved in the error.

Verse ConceptsForeigners Included In The Law

Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation;

Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man shall certainly be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.”

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltySabbath, In Ot

So all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyOutside The Camp

and they rose up [in rebellion] before Moses, together with some of the Israelites, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation chosen in the assembly, men of distinction.

Verse ConceptsTwo Hundred And SomeRosesrebellion

They assembled together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “You have gone far enough, for all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfAaron, Life EventsConfrontationSelf Righteousness, Nature OfWorldly Ambition ExamplesEnvy, Example OfPlottingGod Is Among YouA Holy NationSeeking Honourorganization

does it seem but a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;

Verse ConceptsSeparation From Evil PeopleUnimportant Things

Then Korah assembled all the congregation against Moses and Aaron at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle). And the glory and brilliance of the Lord appeared to all the congregation.

Verse ConceptsAssembling At The Doorway

“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, so that I may consume them immediately.”

Verse ConceptsSeparationSeparation From Evil PeopleGod Might Kill His People

But they fell on their faces [before the Lord], and said, “O God, God of the spirits of all flesh! When one man sins, will You be angry with the entire congregation?”

Verse ConceptsSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedWill God Be Angry?venting

“Say to the congregation, ‘Get away from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’”

Verse ConceptsSeparation From Evil People

And he said to the congregation, “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, or you will be swept away in all their sin.”

Verse ConceptsTentsFellowship With WickedEvil AssociationsSeparation From Evil PeopleNot TouchingHaving No Dealings

But on the next day the entire congregation of the Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have caused the death of the people of the Lord.”

Verse ConceptsDiscontentGrumbling At PeopleJudged As MurderersComplaining

When the congregation was assembled against Moses and Aaron, they turned and looked at the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle), and behold, the cloud covered it and the glory and brilliance of the Lord appeared.

Verse ConceptsPillar Of CloudClouds, God's PresenceDivine Manifestations

“Get away from among this congregation, so that I may consume them immediately.” Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces [in silence before the Lord].

Verse ConceptsSeparation From Evil PeopleGod Might Kill His People

Moses said to Aaron, “Take a censer and put fire in it from the altar and lay incense on it; then bring it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone forth from the Lord; the plague has begun!”

Verse ConceptsMoses, Significance OfAaron, As High PriestCensers

So Aaron took the burning censer as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and behold, the plague had [already] begun among the people; and he put on the incense and made atonement for the people.

Verse ConceptsAtonementIndividuals Running

Now a man who is [ceremonially] clean shall collect the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place, and the congregation of the Israelites shall keep it for water to remove impurity; it is [to be used for] purification from sin.

Verse ConceptsHoliness, Believers' Growth InAnimal Sacrifices, BurntOutside The CampMeans Of PurifyingClean ObjectsBeing Cleansed From Sin

‘But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from among the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. The water for purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

Verse ConceptsRitual WashingSanctuaryExcommunicationDisfellowshipSprinkling WaterPolluting Holy PlacesThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

Then the Israelites, the whole congregation, came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month [in the fortieth year after leaving Egypt]. And the people lived in Kadesh. Miriam died there and was buried there.

Verse ConceptsBurials, Places OfAaron, Sins OfWilderness Of ZinMonth 1

Now there was no water for the congregation, and they gathered together against Moses and Aaron.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsDry PlacesNo Water For People

Why have you brought up the assembly of the Lord into this wilderness to die here, we and our livestock?

Verse ConceptsDying In The WildernessPossibility Of DeathWhy Do You Do This?

“Take the rod; and you and your brother Aaron assemble the congregation and speak to the rock in front of them, so that it will pour out its water. In this way you shall bring water for them out of the rock and let the congregation and their livestock drink [fresh water].”

Verse ConceptsDisobedience, Examples OfAssembling IsraelProvision From RocksAddressing Someone

and Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly before the rock. Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels; must we bring you water out of this rock?”

Verse ConceptsImpatienceAbuse, Of Spiritual ThingsAnger, Sinful ExamplesAssembling Israel

Then Moses raised his hand [in anger] and with his rod he struck the rock twice [instead of speaking to the rock as the Lord had commanded]. And the water poured out abundantly, and the congregation and their livestock drank [fresh water].

Verse ConceptsArmsMiracles Of Moses And AaronSplitting RocksDoing Things TwiceStriking RocksProvision From Rocks

But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you have not believed (trusted) Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, you therefore shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”

Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofHonorMoses, Life OfTrust, Lack OfUnbelief, Examples OfSkepticismDoubting GodDishonoring GodUnbelief Toward God

Now when they set out from Kadesh, the Israelites, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.

So Moses did just as the Lord had commanded; and they went up Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

Verse ConceptsGoing Up Mountains

When all the congregation saw that Aaron had died, all the house of Israel wept (mourned) for him thirty days.

Verse ConceptsLossMonthMourningOne MonthMourning The Death Of Others

Then one of the Israelites came and presented to his relatives a Midianite woman, in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of the Israelites, while they were weeping [over God’s judgment] at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle).

Verse ConceptsWeeping

When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw this, he left the congregation and took a spear in his hand,

Verse ConceptsJavelinscouplesinterracial

“Take a census of all the [males in the] congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ households, all in Israel who are able to go to war.”

Verse ConceptsConscriptionTwenty

The sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram who were called by the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lord,

Verse ConceptsFighting One Another

They stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and all the congregation at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle), saying,

because in the Wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to treat me as holy [by following My instruction] before their eyes at the water.” (These are the waters of Meribah in Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.)

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Against GodWilderness Of ZinGrumbling

Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation

Verse ConceptsGod Appointing Othersbreathing

who will go out and come in before them, and will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord will not be as sheep without a shepherd.”

Verse ConceptsInadequate ShepherdingPeople Going BeforeGoing Out And Coming In

and have him stand before Eleazar the priest and before the whole congregation, and give him a commission in their sight.

Verse ConceptsGod Appointing Others

You shall put some of your authority and honor on him, so that all the congregation of the Israelites will obey him.

Verse ConceptsHuman Authority, Nature OfAuthority Of DisciplesPaying Attention To Peopleinvesting

He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire before the Lord for him by the judgment (decision) of the Urim. At Joshua’s command the people shall go out and at his command they shall come in, he and all the congregation of Israel with him.”

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodGuidance, Receiving God'sHigh Priest, In OtLeaders, SpiritualThe Urim And ThummimGoing Out And Coming InUrim And Thummim

Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation,

Verse ConceptsHalloween

Then they brought the captives, the spoils, and the plunder to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the congregation of the Israelites at the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan [River] across from Jericho.

Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the congregation went out to meet them outside the camp.

Verse ConceptsMeeting People

Look, these [are the women who] caused the Israelites, by the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and so a plague came among the congregation of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyadvisersMan's Counsel

“You and Eleazar the priest and the leaders of the fathers’ households of the congregation are to take a count of the spoil of war that was captured, both people and livestock.

Verse ConceptsNumberingBoth Men And Animals AffectedRules About Booty

Divide the spoil into two [equal] parts between those who were involved in the war, that is, those who went out to battle and all [the rest of] the congregation.

Verse ConceptsHalf Of PossessionsDividing PlunderWarSharingBattledivision

So the sons of Gad and of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,

the land which the Lord conquered before the congregation of Israel, is a land [suitable] for livestock, and your servants have [very large herds of] livestock.”

Verse ConceptsLivestock

The cities shall be to you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who has caused the death of another will not be killed until he has had a [fair] trial before the congregation.

Verse ConceptsRedemption, In Everyday LifeStandingMan AvengingDeath Of A Family Member

then the congregation shall judge between the offender and the blood avenger according to these ordinances.