Numeri 8:1-6

1 IL Signore parlò ancora a Mosè dicendo:
2 Parla ad Aaronne, e digli: Quando tu accenderai le lampane, porgano le sette lampane il lume verso la parte anteriore del Candelliere.
3 E Aaronne fece così; e accese le lampane per maniera che porgevano il lume verso la parte anteriore del Candelliere, come il Signore avea comandato a Mosè.
4 Or tale era il lavoro del Candelliere: egli era tutto d’oro tirato al martello, così il suo gambo, come le sue bocce. Mosè l’avea fatto secondo la forma che il Signore gli avea mostrata.
5 IL Signore parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo:
6 Prendi i Leviti d’infra i figliuoli d’Israele, e purificali.

Numeri 8:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 8

In this chapter orders are given for the lighting the seven lamps of the candlestick, Nu 8:1-4; and for the consecration of the Levites to their office, by a purification of them, Nu 8:5-8; by a separation of them from the children of Israel, and the imposition of their hands on them, and of the hands of the Levites on the offerings offered for them, Nu 8:9-15; and being thus given to the Lord, and claimed as his, instead of the firstborn of Israel, they are given to Aaron and his sons to do service in the tabernacle, Nu 8:16-22; and their age at which they were to enter into service and cease from it is fixed, Nu 8:23-26.

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