Joel 2:16

Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

Sanctify the congregation - namely, by expiatory rites and purification of their persons and of their clothes with water (Calvin). (; .) Maurer translates, 'appoint a solemn assembly,' which would be a tautological repetition of .

Assemble the elders, gather the children - no age was to be excepted ().

Let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber - ordinarily exempted from public duties (: cf. ; ).

And the bride out of her closet - [chupaah, or nuptial bed], from a Hebrew root [chaapap, to cover], referring to the canopy over it.