Numbers 8:2
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Cross References
Exodus 37:18and there were six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
Exodus 39:37the pure candlestick, the lamps thereof, even the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for the light;
Leviticus 24:1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Psalms 119:105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and light unto my path,
Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
John 1:9There was the true light, even the light which lighteth 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 →