Numbers 8:1

1 And 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 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 "Speak to Aaron, and say to him, 'When you arrange the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.' "

3 And Aaron did so; he arranged the lamps to face toward the front of the lampstand, as the Lord commanded Moses.

4 Now this workmanship of the lampstand was hammered gold; from its shaft to its flowers it was hammered work. According to the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

5 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: