Numbers 8:4

Numbers 8:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the Lord had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
• New International Version (NIV)This is how the lampstand was made: It was made of hammered gold—from its base to its blossoms. The lampstand was made exactly like the pattern the Lord had shown Moses.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was hammered work; according to the pattern that the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Numbers 8:4

2“Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up and light the lamps, the seven lamps will shine in front of the lampstand.’ ” 3And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps at the front of the lampstand, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. Now this was the workmanship of the lampstand: hammered work of gold; from its base to its flowers it was hammered work; according to the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand. 5Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 6“Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel and cleanse them.

Numbers 8:4 word by word

וְזֶ֨ה מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה הַמְּנֹרָה֙ מִקְשָׁ֣ה זָהָ֔ב עַד־יְרֵכָ֥הּ עַד־פִּרְחָ֖הּ מִקְשָׁ֣ה הִ֑וא כַּמַּרְאֶ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶרְאָ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֔ה כֵּ֥ן עָשָׂ֖ה אֶת־הַמְּנֹרָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And this workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• of the candlestickמְנוֹרָהmenôrâh menôrâh · lampstandH4501
• beatenמִקְשָׁהmiqshâh · hammered workH4749
• goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• unto the shaftיָרֵךְyârêk · thighH3409
• thereof, unto the flowersפֶּ֫רַחperach · flowerH6525
• according unto the patternמַרְאֶהmar'eh · appearanceH4758
• which the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• had shewedרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• so he madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213

Cross-references for Numbers 8:4

• Exodus 25:31“You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand and its base and its shaft shall be made of hammered work; its cups, its calyxes and its flowers shall be all of one piece with it.
• Exodus 37:17Then he made the lampstand (menorah) of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its [center] shaft; its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers were all of one piece with it.
• Exodus 25:18You shall make two cherubim (winged angelic figures) of [solid] hammered gold at the two ends of the mercy seat.
• Exodus 37:7He made two cherubim of hammered gold; he made them at the two ends of the mercy seat,
• Exodus 25:9You shall construct it in accordance with everything that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture.
• 1 Chronicles 28:11Then David gave to his son Solomon the plan for the porch of the temple, its buildings, its treasuries, its upper chambers, its inner rooms, and for the place for the [ark and its] mercy seat;
• Hebrews 8:5They serve as a pattern and foreshadowing of [what has its true existence and reality in] the heavenly things (sanctuary). For when Moses was about to erect the tabernacle, he was warned by God, saying, “See that you make it all [exactly] according to the pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.”
• Hebrews 9:23Therefore it was necessary for the [earthly] copies of the heavenly things to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves required far better sacrifices than these.

Commentaries on Numbers 8:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4This work of the candlestick, etc. - See many curious particulars relative to this candlestick, See the note on Exodus 25:31; and Exodus 25:39; (note). The candlestick itself was an emblem of the Church of Christ; the oil, of the graces and gifts of the Spirit of God; and the light, of those gifts and graces in action among men. See Revelation 1:12-20. God builds his Church and sends forth his Spirit to dwell in it, to sanctify and cleanse it, that it may…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-4Verses 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 Numbers 7:89 actually established among His people.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4These verses give specific instructions for placing the lampstand (Hebrew menorah) in the tabernacle. The lampstand (see Exodus 25:31–40). It was made with branches shaped like a stylized tree. The inside of the tabernacle had no windows, so it was dark. The light from the lampstand helped the priests carry out their duties.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-41. the Lord spake unto Moses--The order of this chapter suggests the idea that the following instructions were given to Moses while he was within the tabernacle of the congregation, after the princes had completed their offering. But from the tenor of the instructions, it is more likely that they were given immediately after the Levites had been given to the priests (see on Nu 3:1-4:49), and that the record of these instructions had been postponed till…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 8:4

• Beaten Work
• Candlestick

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• Moses
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• Sinai
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• Agrapha
• Apocrypha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of

Commentaries on Numbers 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings