Numbers 8:1

Numbers 8:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord said to Moses,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Context of Numbers 8:1

Then the LORD said to Moses, 2“Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’” 3And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Numbers 8:1 word by word

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

• Then the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• saidדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• Mosesאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Commentaries on Numbers 8:1

• 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
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The lamps of the sanctuary. (1-4) Consecration of the Levites, and their service. (5-26) Verses 1-4 Aaron himself lighted the lamps, thus representing his Divine Master. The Scripture is a light shining in a dark place, 2Pe 1:19. A dark place even the church would be without it; as the tabernacle, which had no window, would have been without the lamps. The work of ministers is to light these lamps, by expounding and applying the word of God. Jesus Christ…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

In the dictionaries

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

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