Assembly

Then the whole assembly of Judah rejoiced along with the priests and Levites and the whole assembly that had come from Israel, including the foreigners who had come from Israel and those who lived in Judah.

The genealogy included all the little ones, wives, sons, and daughters of the whole assembly. For they had faithfully consecrated themselves as holy.

The whole assembly numbered 42,360,

While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.

Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.

And the whole assembly responded in a loud voice: “Truly we must do as you say!

Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”

…and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them

I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of his house and possessions every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.

The whole assembly numbered 42,360,

On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand.

The whole assembly that had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.

Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance.

At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,

I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.

My praise for You resounds in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You.

Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.

I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.

I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.

A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:

The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones.

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders.

Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

Hallelujah! Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise in the assembly of the godly.

I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”

The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.

You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.

Some of the elders of the land stood up and said to the whole assembly of the people,

Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!

Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,

For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.

The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.

Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.

Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly.

Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.

At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.

The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.

Meanwhile the assembly was in turmoil. Some were shouting one thing and some another, and most of them did not even know why they were there.

But if you are seeking anything beyond this, it must be settled in a legal assembly.

After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.

As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”

…in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,