Numbers 8:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² “Speak to Aharon, and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps, let the seven lamps 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."

Numbers 8:2 Cross References

Psalm 119:105

Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.

Psalm 119:130

The opening up of Your words gives light, Giving understanding to the simple.

Exodus 25:37

“And you shall make seven lamps for it, and they shall mount its lamps so that they give light in front of it.

Exodus 37:23

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

Exodus 39:37

the clean lampstand with its lamps, the lamps to be put in order, and all its utensils, and the oil for light,

Exodus 40:25

and lit the lamps before יהוה, as יהוה  had commanded Mosheh.

Isaiah 8:20

To the Torah and to the witness! If they do not speak according to this Word, it is because they have no daybreak.

Leviticus 24:4

“He is to arrange the lamps on the clean gold lampstand before יהוה  continually.

Numbers 8:1

And יהוה  spoke to Mosheh, saying,

Numbers 8:3

And Aharon did so. He set up the lamps to face toward the front of the lampstand, as יהוה  commanded Mosheh.

Matthew 5:14

“You are the light of the world. It is impossible for a city to be hidden on a mountain.

John 1:9

He was the true Light, which enlightens every man, coming into the world.

2 Peter 1:19

And we have the prophetic word made more certain, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,

Revelation 1:12

And I turned to see the voice which spoke with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,

Revelation 1:20

“The secret of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are messengers of the seven assemblies, and the seven lampstands which you saw are seven assemblies.

Revelation 4:5

And out of the throne came lightnings, and thunders, and voices. And seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of Elohim.