Numbers 8:2
Speak to Aaron, and say to him, When thou light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1And LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
3And Aaron did so. He lit the lamps of it in front of the candlestick, as LORD commanded Moses.
Cross References
Exodus 37:18And there were six branches going out of the sides of it, three branches of the candlestick out of the one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side of it,
Exodus 39:37the pure candlestick, the lamps of it, even the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels of it, and the oil for the light,
Leviticus 24:1And LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Psalms 119:105Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and light to my path.
Isaiah 8:20[Seek] to the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
John 1:9He was the TRUE light coming into the world that enlightens every man.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 8:2-5
The Lights of the Sanctuary. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. 3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the Lord commanded Moses. 4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the Lord had showed Moses, so he made… Read the whole commentary →