Num 8:9 | TSK | e4.org | thou shalt bring , shalt gather the whole The words, kol âdath , which are rendered "the whole assembly," often signify all the elders, or principal persons in the several tribes ( ; ; ). And they cannot well have any other sense here; for it would be impossible for all the children of Israel to put their hands on the Levites, as stated in the next verse.

‏ Numbers 8:9

thou shalt bring Exod 29:4-37, Exod 40:12

shalt gather the whole The words, kol âdath, which are rendered "the whole assembly," often signify all the elders, or principal persons in the several tribes (Num 15:4; Num 25:7; Num 35:12). And they cannot well have any other sense here; for it would be impossible for all the children of Israel to put their hands on the Levites, as stated in the next verse. Lev 8:3