Numbers 8:2
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Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.“Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’”
In other translations
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.“Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’”
Hebrew words
דַּבֵּרdaberspeakH1696אֶל־'el-toH413אַהֲרֹן'aharonAaronH175וְאָמַרְתָּve'amartaand you will sayH559אֵלָיו'elavto himH413בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָbeha'alotekhawhen lifting up youH5927אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַנֵּרֹתhanerotthe lampsH5216אֶל־'el-toH413מוּלmul[the] front ofH4136פְּנֵיpenei[the] face ofH6440הַמְּנוֹרָהhamenorahthe lampstandH4501יָאִירוּya'iruthey will give lightH215שִׁבְעַתshiv'at[the] sevenH7651הַנֵּרוֹת׃hanerotthe lampsH5216
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Related verses
- Exodus 25:37And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.
- Leviticus 24:4He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the Lord continually.He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.
- Revelation 4:5And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.
- Matthew 5:14Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
- Leviticus 24:1-21 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 “Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
- Exodus 37:18-1918 And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof: 19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.18 Six branches extended from the sides, three on one side and three on the other. 19 There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.
- Exodus 40:25And he lighted the lamps before the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.and set up the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Revelation 1:20-2:1The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
- Exodus 37:23And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.
- John 1:9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
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