Numbers 8:2
Speak with Aharon, and say to him: When thou dost kindle the lamps upon the face of the candelabrum, the seven lamps shall be burning (together).
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
1And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying:
Cross References
Exodus 37:18And six branchlets proceeded from its sides; three branchlets of the candelabrum on one side, and three branchlets of the candelabrum on the second side.
Exodus 39:37The pure candelabrum and its lamps, the lamps of order, and all its vessels; and the oil for the light
Leviticus 24:1And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying,
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 →