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Numbers 8:1

Numbers 8:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Numbers 8:1-4

The actual lighting of the lamps (compare the marginal references) was to be done to set forth symbolically the special presence which God had now Num 7:89 actually established among His people.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Numbers 8:1-4

Directions were given long before this for the making of the golden candlestick (Exo 25:31), and it was made according to the pattern shown to Moses in the mount, Exo 38:17. But now it was that the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Numbers 8:1-4

The Lampstand

The golden lampstand (not -candlestick" E.VV. [Note:.VV. The English Versions, i.e. Authorised and Revised.]) stood in the Holy Place, on the south side, i.e. on the left of one…