AND. This connects Leviticus very closely with Exodus, as Exodus is linked with Genesis.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. Whose glory filled the tabernacle, Exodus 40:35. No other book contains so many words of Jehovah: "Jehovah spake", thirty-six times (see note on Leviticus 5:14); "I am Jehovah", twenty-one times; "I am Jehovah your God", twenty-one times; "I (Jehovah) am", three times; "I, Jehovah, do", twice.
called. The last letter of this word (in Hebrew) is minuscular, i.e. smaller than the others. This callingis in contrast with the thunders from Sinai.
spake. See note on Leviticus 5:14.
out of the tabernacle of the congregation. Hebrew out of the tent of assembly: Hebrew. 'ohel. See App-40, not mishkan, therefore before 1491. There are four such calls: (1) from the burning bush (Exodus 3:4); (2) and (3) from Sinai (Exodus 19:3; Exodus 19:20); and here.