And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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Gill's Exposition
And Aaron did so, he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick,.... As God had taken up his residence in the most holy place, as appears by the voice speaking from off the mercy seat, Num…
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.
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…
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…