Numbers 8:1

The lampstand

1 The LORD spoke to Moses:

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:

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

3 Aaron did so. He set up its lamps in front of the lampstand as the LORD commanded Moses.

4 This is how the lampstand was made: it was hammered gold; from its base to its flower it was hammered. Moses made the lampstand according to the vision that the LORD had shown Moses.

5 The LORD spoke to Moses: