Numbers 8:1

1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Numbers 8:1 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 8:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses
Whether immediately after the offerings of the princes, or at another time, is not certain; Aben Ezra thinks it was in the night God spake unto him, because then the lamps were lighted and burning:

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 8:1 In-Context

1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

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

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

4 Now this was how the lampstand was made, out of hammered work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was hammered work; according to the pattern that the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

5 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: