Numbers 8:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

² “Say to Aaron, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Say to Aaron, When you set up and light the lamps, the seven lamps shall be made to give light in front of the lampstand.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.

Common English Bible

² Speak to Aaron and say to him: When you set them up, the seven lamps will give light in front of the lampstand.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² "Speak to Aaron, and you shall say to him: When you place the seven lamps, let the lampstand be set up on the south side. Therefore, give this instruction: that the lamps should look out from the region opposite the north, toward the table of the bread of the presence; they shall give light opposite that area, toward the area that the lampstand faces."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² 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.

Numbers 8:2 Cross References

Psalm 119:105

Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Psalm 119:130

The unfolding of thy words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

Exodus 25:37

And you shall make the seven lamps for it; and the lamps shall be set up so as to give light upon the space in front of it.

Exodus 37:23

And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.

Exodus 39:37

the lampstand of pure gold and its lamps with the lamps set and all its utensils, and the oil for the light;

Exodus 40:25

and set up the lamps before the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Isaiah 8:20

To the teaching and to the testimony! Surely for this word which they speak there is no dawn.

Leviticus 24:4

He shall keep the lamps in order upon the lampstand of pure gold before the Lord continually.

Numbers 8:1

Now the Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 8:3

And Aaron did so; he set up its lamps to give light in front of the lampstand, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Matthew 5:14

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.

John 1:9

The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world.

2 Peter 1:19

And we have the prophetic word made more sure. You will do well to pay attention to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Revelation 1:12

Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands,

Revelation 1:20

As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Revelation 4:5

From the throne issue flashes of lightning, and voices and peals of thunder, and before the throne burn seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God;