Numbers 8:1

The Seven Lamps

1 Now 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 Now 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 And Aaron did so: he set up its lamps in front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses.

4 And this was the workmanship of the lampstand, 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 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,