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A19
Assembling with the Brethren

A19

We are not to forsake congregational assembly & fellowship with brother believers.

Category: Godliness, Holiness & Righteousness

Type: Negative

Form: Explicit

Source dataset: Old Testament

Uniqueness: Not unique

Classical commandment: No

New Covenant Literal Application

Applies to Person Categories: Not specified

Literal Application: Not specified

More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application

The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.

It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.

This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.

Read the full explanation from the source

Bible references

Key NT Scriptures
  • 1 Corinthians 14:26
  • Hebrews 10:24-25
  • 1 John 1:7
  • Matthew 18:20
Supportive NT Scriptures
  • Acts 2:1
  • Acts 2:41-42
  • Acts 2:44-47
  • Acts 4:31
  • Acts 5:12
  • Acts 5:42
  • Acts 14:27
  • Acts 15:5-6
  • Acts 20:7
  • 1 Corinthians 5:4
  • 1 Corinthians 11:17-34
  • 1 Corinthians 14:22-40
  • Ephesians 5:19
  • Hebrews 3:12-13
  • John 7:10
  • 1 John 1:3
  • Matthew 12:30
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:11
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:1
Supportive OT Scriptures
  • Deuteronomy 16:16
  • Deuteronomy 31:12-13
  • Exodus 23:14-17
  • Exodus 34:23-24
  • Leviticus 8:4
  • Leviticus 23:1-3
  • Leviticus 23:6-8
  • Leviticus 23:21
  • Leviticus 23:24
  • Leviticus 23:27
  • Leviticus 23:34-36
  • Psalms 50:5
  • Psalms 55:15
  • Psalms 133:1

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Commentary

Rabbi Michael Rudolph

God's commandments that we assemble with each other and with Him, are initially given during the time of the Mosaic Covenant. Early in the Covenant, the Tabernacle served as the place of assembly for the Israelites to receive communication from God, to pray, and to perform the commanded sacrifices. The Tabernacle and later the Temple also served as places where the Israelites could assemble with each other (e.g. Joshua 18:1 ), and by the time of Yeshua, the synagogue and individual homes also had become places of communal assembly - mainly for prayer, but also for study and discussion. With the advent of the New Covenant, Jewish and Gentile followers of Yeshua made increased use of their homes for worship, prayer, and fellowship ( Acts 2:46 , 5:42 ), and these home gatherings developed into what eventually became known within Christianity as "home churches", and within Messianic Judaism as "home fellowships", " chavurot " or, when they have elder leadership, "congregations". Scripture enjoins believers 1 to be in regular congregational fellowship with one another ( Hebrews 10:24-25 ) as a means of providing mutual spiritual protection and accountability. Being part of a believing community enables us to observe one another's lives, share our burdens, and rebuke and correct one another ( Galatians 6:1 ) in the event that we observe any of us falling into sin or straying from the faith. Congregational community also provides us with leaders (elders) whose responsibility it is to protect the community from outside evil encroachment ( Acts 20:28-29 ), to stop sin when it is observed ( Acts 20:30 ), to bring correction to members of the community, to judge disputes ( Matthew 18:17 ), and to maintain reconciliation among community members ( Luke 17:3 ; Colossians 3:13 ). 1. In this Mitzvah , the term "brother" (applies to both males and females) means either a believer in God the Father and/or in Yeshua the Messiah, according to the context of its use. To the classical commentators (Maimonides, Meir, and Hachinuch), "brother" means "fellow Jew".

Classical commentators

This Mitzvah is not addressed by any of the Jewish classical commentators.


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