What Does Leviticus 9:5 Mean in the King James?
And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The congregation’s “drawing near” shares its root with “offering”: both carry the movement of coming near.
THE MEANING
The whole assembly draws near and stands before the LORD; the verse places everyone in that movement together. Approaching is more than reaching a place, it is the congregation turning toward presence as one.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The verse undoes the belief that nearness belongs only to the officiant: the whole congregation draws near and stands before the LORD.
THE ROOT
וַיִּקְרְבוּ
wayyiqrevu
GROWS FROM
קָרַב
q-r-b
to approach, come near
The Hebrew verb for “drew near” shares its root with the word for “offering.” The assembly’s approach and the offering thus carry the same movement: coming near.
ALSO GROWS
qorbān: offering; that which is brought near
קָרְבָּן
The shared root links what the people bring before the LORD with the congregation’s own approach.
qarov: near, close
קָרוֹב
This branch shows that nearness belongs to the same family of meaning as the assembly’s movement toward the LORD.
מֹשֶׁה
Mosheh
GROWS FROM
מָשָׁה
m-sh-h
to draw out, especially from water
Moses’ name carries the image of one drawn out of water. Here his command names what the assembly brings into the LORD’s presence, echoing that movement of being drawn out and brought forward.
ALSO GROWS
meshithihu: I drew him out
מְשִׁיתִהוּ
This verb form makes concrete the drawing-out meaning carried by Moses’ name.
Mosheh: Moses; drawn out
מֹשֶׁה
The name’s meaning adds a note of movement to the verse: the one named “drawn out” commands the gathered people as they draw near.
THE PATTERN
Approach to divine presence is shared movement: people come before the LORD together.
And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.THE THREAD
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.“Bring an offering” uses forms from the same root as “drew near” in this verse; the Hebrew word for offering, qorban, shares that root too. What is brought near and the act of drawing near belong to one movement.
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