Numbers 8:2
Speak unto Aaron, and thou shalt say unto him,—When thou lightest up the lamps, over against the front of the lampstand, shall the seven lamps give light.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
1And Yahweh spake unto Moses saying:
Cross References
Exodus 37:18with, six branches coming out of its sides,—three branches of the lampstand out of its one side and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side:
Exodus 39:37the pure lampstand the lamps thereof the lamps to be put in order, and all the utensils thereof,—and the oil for giving light;
Leviticus 24:1And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:
Psalms 119:105[NUN.] A lamp to my feet, is thy word, and a light to my path.
Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, [It is], because they have no dawning day.
John 1:9It, was—The real light that enlighteneth every man—Coming into the world.
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 →