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Numbers 8:2

“Tell Aaron, ‘When you place the seven lamps on the lampstand, make sure they shine towards the front.’”

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In The King James Version

Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.

In Context

1The Lord told Moses,

3So that's what Aaron did. He placed the lamps facing towards the front of the lampstand, as the Lord had ordered Moses.

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Cross References

Exodus 37:18It had six branches coming out of the sides of the lampstand, three on each side. It had three cups shaped like almond flowers on the first branch, each with buds and petals, and three on the next branch.

Exodus 39:37the pure gold lampstand with its lamps placed in a row, and all its equipment, as well as the olive oil for the lamps;

Leviticus 24:1The Lord told Moses,

Psalms 119:105Your word is a lamp that shows me where to walk, it's a light for my path.

Isaiah 8:20Go and examine God's law and his instructions! If what they say doesn't correspond with God's word, there will be no dawn for them.

John 1:9The true light was coming into the world to give light to everyone.

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 →

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