1.  Qahal / Kahal: to gather; to assemble  Kahal YHWH: chosen and gathered by God  ‘Edah’ similar to Qahal  People of God  The Remnant

2.  Gen 28:  Dt 23: 2-9  Ps 40: 9-10  Exodus 35:1  Ex 3:7-10; Ex 2: 23-25  Is 37: 31-32

3.  used of the religious assembly of the Israelites  Examples: Gen 28: Dt 23  Qahal rab: ‘the great assembly’ i.e. the liturgical gathering : Ps 40: 9-10

4.  Moses assembled all the congregation of the Israelites and said to them: these are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do…..  QAHAL used here in conjunction with EDAH  Meaning virtually the same

5.  Mostly in the Pentateuch  Mostly in Numbers – eg Num 1:2; 14:2  Less liturgical and more institutional perhaps?

6.  My people / your people : Ex 3:7  A covenant people in relationship with God  The people of Israel  The people of YHWH  But: simple belonging does not ‘save’

7. Then the Lord said “I have observed the misery of my people… I have heard their cry.. indeed I know their sufferings…..

8.  Prophetic literature  A core from which the ‘new Israel’ will be built up  Is 37: 31-32  Subsequent sects saw themselves as this ‘faithful remnant’