Numbers 8:3

And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof opposite to the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.

In Context

2Speak unto Aaron and say unto him, When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light opposite to the candlestick.

4And 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 the candlestick.

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Cross References

Exodus 40:25And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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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