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New American Standard Bible
Numbers 8:2
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Speake vnto Aaron, and say vnto him, When thou lightest the lampes, the seuen lampes shall giue light towarde the forefront of the Candlesticke.
Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.
"Speak to Aharon, and tell him, 'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the menorah.'"
"Tell Aaron to put the seven lamps in the place I showed you. These lamps will light the area in front of the lampstand."
"Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand."
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.
Say to Aaron, When you put the lights in their places, the seven lights will give light in front of the support.
"Tell Aaron to put the seven lamps on the lampstand so they shine toward the front."
"Tell Aharon, ‘When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to cast their light forward, in front of the menorah.'"
'Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him: When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.'
Speake vnto Aaron, and say vnto him, When thou lightest the lampes, the seuen lampes shall giue light, ouer against the candlesticke.
"Speak to Aaron and say to him, 'When you set up and light the lamps, the seven lamps will shine in front of the lampstand.'"
Speak to Aaron, and thou shalt say to him, Whenever thou shalt set the lamps in order, the seven lamps shall give light opposite the candlestick.
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.
"Speak to Aaron and tell him: When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand."
"Speak to Aaron, and say to him: ‘When you are setting up the lamps, the seven lamps will give light in front of the face of the lampstand.'"
Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you go up with the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in the front of the lampstand.
"Speak to Aaron and tell him, ‘Put the seven lamps where they can light the area in front of the lampstand.'"
"Speak to Aaron and tell him, ‘When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to give light in front of the lampstand.'"
"Speak to Aaron, and say to him, "When you arrange the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand."'
"Give Aaron the following instructions: When you set up the seven lamps in the lampstand, place them so their light shines forward in front of the lampstand."
"Say to Aaron, ‘When you put the seven lamps on the lamp-stand, they should give light in front of the lamp-stand.'"
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.
Speak to Aaron, and thou shalt say to him: When thou shalt place the seven lamps, let the candlestick be set up on the south side. Give orders therefore that the lamps look over against the north, towards the table of the loaves of proposition, over against that part shall they give light, towards which the candlestick looketh.
"Say to Aaron, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand."
"Tell Aaron that when he puts the seven lamps on the lampstand, he should place them so that the light shines toward the front."
Speak unto Aaron and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
and thou schalt seie to hym, Whanne thou hast sett seuene launternes, the candilstike be reisid in the south part; therfor comaunde thou this, that the lanternes biholde euene ayens the north to the boord of looues of `settyng forth, tho schulen schyne ayenus that part which the candilstike biholdith.
`Speak unto Aaron, and thou hast said unto him, In thy causing the lights to go up, over-against the face of the candlestick do the seven lights give light.'
"Speak to Aaron, and tell him, 'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.'"
Speak to Aaron, and say to him, When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.
Speak to Aaron, and say to him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
Speake vnto Aaron, and say vnto hym: When thou settest vp the lampes, the seuen lampes shal geue light towarde ye forefront of the candlesticke.
“Speak to Aaron and tell him: When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to give light in front of the lampstand.”
Speake to Aaron, & saye vnto him: Whan thou settest vp ye lapes, thou shalt set the so, that they maye all seue geue light aboue vpo ye candilsticke.
Speak to Aaron and say to him: When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.
"Speak to Aaron and say to him, 'When you mount the lamps, the seven lamps will give light in the front of the lampstand.'"
"Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you mount the lamps, the seven lamps will give light in the front of the lampstand.'"
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Exodus 25:37, Exodus 37:18, Exodus 37:19, Exodus 37:23, Exodus 40:25, Leviticus 24:1, Leviticus 24:2, Psalms 119:105, Psalms 119:130, Isaiah 8:20, Matthew 5:14, John 1:9, 2 Peter 1:19, Revelation 1:12, Revelation 1:20, Revelation 2:1, Revelation 4:5
Reciprocal: Numbers 18:5 - And ye Matthew 5:15 - it giveth
Cross-References
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.
And the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, in its beak was a fresh olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was low on the earth.
Now it came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, that the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground had dried up.
"Who can count the clouds by wisdom, And pour out the water jars of the heavens,
When He made firm the skies above, When the springs of the deep became fixed,
"For You threw me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the current flowed around me. All Your breakers and waves passed over me.
"For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, 'Go!' and he goes, and to another, 'Come!' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this!' and he does it."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him,.... It being his work to light the lamps, though, as Ben Gersom observes, it was not incumbent on an high priest alone to do this, for it also belonged to the sons of Aaron, who were common priests, Exodus 27:21; though it is probable that as this was the first time of lighting them, it might be done by Aaron himself, his sons attending and assisting him; in which he was an eminent type of Christ, the great High Priest, who lights the lamps in all his golden candlesticks, the churches, Revelation 1:20, and from whom they have all their light and all the supplies of it:
when thou lightest the lamps; which was done at evening, Exodus 30:8; pointing at the great light set up by Christ, the light of the world, in the evening of it, in the last days:
the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick; the Targum of Jonathan is,
"at the same time of thy lighting the lamps over against the candlestick, there shall be seven lamps giving light: three on the west side and three on the east side, and the seventh in the middle:''
and in the like order Jarchi places them, who observes, that the three eastward looked over against the middlemost, the wicks that were in them; and so the three westward, the tops of the wicks were over against the middlemost: and he also observes, that the middlemost lamp was no other than the body of the candlestick, and so all the rest of the lamps were over against and looked to that; and this is the sense of Maimonides m, and other Jewish writers; but the truer meaning of the phrase is, that the seven lamps gave light, as they were to do, to that part of the holy place that was opposite to the candlestick, the north part of it, where stood the shewbread table, the candlestick being in the south, Exodus 40:22; that the table of the Lord might have light, as it was proper it should; and the priests might see to set on and take off the bread, which otherwise they could not, there being no window in the place; Exodus 40:22- :.
m Hilchot Beth Hacbehirah, c. 3. sect. 8.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The actual lighting of the lamps (compare the marginal references) was to be done to set forth symbolically the special presence which God had now Numbers 7:89 actually established among His people.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Numbers 8:2. The seven lamps shall give light — The whole seven shall be lighted at one time, that seven may be ever burning.
