Numbers 8:1

1 And the LORD spoke unto 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 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto Aaron and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the face of the lampstand.

3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the face of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses.

4 And this work of the lampstand was of beaten gold, from the shaft thereof unto the flowers thereof; it was beaten work; according unto the pattern which the LORD had showed Moses, so he made the lampstand.

5 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,