Numbers 8:2 - Tree of Life Version “Speak to Aaron and say to him: When you erect the lamps, the seven lamps are to illuminate the area in front of the menorah.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 "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 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. |
The unfolding of Your words gives light, giving understanding to the simple.
“You are also to make the seven lamps for it, and set the lamps up to shed light over the space before it.
He also made the seven lamps, along with tongs and censers of pure gold.
the pure menorah with its lamps to be set in order, along with all of its utensils, and oil for the light;
Then he lit the lamps before Adonai, just as Adonai had commanded Moses.
To Torah and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no light.
He is to keep the lamps in order on the pure gold menorah before Adonai continually.
Aaron did so. He erected the lamps facing forward so they illuminated the area in front of the menorah, just as Adonai had commanded Moses.
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Furthermore, we have the reliable prophetic word. You do well by paying attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned, I saw seven golden menorot.
As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden menorot—the seven stars are the angels of Messiah’s seven communities, and the seven menorahs are the seven communities.”
And out from the throne come flashes of lightning and rumblings and clashes of thunder—and seven torches of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.