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A broad congregation stands in ordered rows before the tent of meeting while the prepared living offerings wait calmly near the bronze altar. Moses addresses the people and directs Aaron to approach the altar; Aaron steps forward in full high-priestly garments. Anticipation and solemnity, no ritual action yet, blood, slaughter, supernatural glow, or visible divine figure.
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Leviticus 9:5-7

All Israel stands before the sanctuary

The Glory Appears · Leviticus 9

Story guide: A broad congregation stands in ordered rows before the tent of meeting while the prepared living offerings wait calmly near the bronze altar. Moses addresses the people and directs Aaron to approach the altar; Aaron steps forward in full high-priestly garments. Anticipation and solemnity, no ritual action yet, blood, slaughter, supernatural glow, or visible divine figure.

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5So they brought what Moses had commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and all the congregation came near and stood before Yahweh.

6And Moses said, “This is the thing that Yahweh has commanded you to do, that the glory of Yahweh may appear to you.”

7And Moses said to Aaron, “Come near to the altar, and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people. Then offer the people's offering, and make atonement for them, just as Yahweh commanded.”

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