Do women and children belong to the assembly of Israel?

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NASB Lev 16:

17 When he goes in to make atonement in the Holy Place, no one shall be in the tent of meeting until he comes out, so that he may make atonement for himself and for his household, and for all H3605 the assembly H6951 of Israel H3478.
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34 “This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: Atonement is to be made once a year for all the sins of the Israelites.”

The phrase "all the assembly of Israel" does include women and children. Exactly the same phrase appears in Jos 8:

35 There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not read before all H3605 the assembly H6951 of Israel H3478 with the women, the little ones, and the strangers who were living among them.

Here women and children are appended to the phrase explicitly for emphasis.

with/including the women,
וְהַנָּשִׁ֣ים (wə·han·nā·šîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

The conjunctive waw is added as the prefix to the Hebrew word for women (נָשִׁים). This addition gives the English sense of "with" or "including".

See also Did women and children attend the synagogues in Jesus' time?.