⁵ So the people presented all these things at the entrance of the Tabernacle,^[a] just as Moses had commanded. Then the whole community came forward and stood before the Lord.

8 ¹ all the people assembled with a unified purpose at the square just inside the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had given for Israel to obey.

The Ark Brought to the Temple

² Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of tribes—the leaders of the ancestral families of Israel. They were to bring the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant to the Temple from its location in the City of David, also known as Zion. ³ So all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the annual Festival of Shelters, which is held in early autumn.^[a]

³ Then David summoned all Israel to Jerusalem to bring the Ark of the Lord to the place he had prepared for it.

¹² Call them all together—men, women, children, and the foreigners living in your towns—so they may hear this Book of Instruction and learn to fear the Lord your God and carefully obey all the terms of these instructions.

¹⁷ Moses led them out from the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.