24. And it is rightly named (Ecclesia)
because it calls forth ἐκκαλεῖσθαι.
Cf. Heb. xii. 23. and assembles
together all men; according as the Lord says in Leviticus, And make
an assembly for all the congregation at the door of the tabernacle of
witness Lev. viii. 3: ἐκκλησίασον.. And it is to
be noted, that the word assemble, is used for the first time in
the Scriptures here, at the time when the Lord puts Aaron into the
High-priesthood. And in Deuteronomy also the Lord says to Moses,
Assemble the people unto Me, and let them hear My words, that they
may learn to fear Me Deut. iv. 10.. And he again
mentions the name of the Church, when he says concerning the Tables,
And on them were written all the words which the Lord spake with you
in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the
Assembly Ib. ix.
10: ἐκκλησίας.; as if he had said
more plainly, in the day in which ye were called and gathered together
by God. The Psalmist also says, I will give thanks unto Thee,
O Lord, in the great Congregation; I will praise Thee among much
people Ps. xxxv. 18; Heb. ii. 12..