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 put the lamps on the lampstand, the seven lamps must give light in front of the lampstand.” ’ 3So Aaron did that. He put its lamps at the front of the lampstand, as the Lord had said to Moses. A worker had made the lampstand from one piece of gold that he had made flat with a hammer. From its base to the flowers at the top, he had made it in that way. It was completely like the lampstand that the Lord had shown to Moses. 5Again the Lord spoke to Moses and he said, 6‘Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them clean.

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 25:31Use one piece of pure gold to make a lampstand. Use a hammer to make it the right shape. Use the gold to make its base, its middle pole and the cups to hold the oil. The cups will be like open flowers and closed flowers.
• Exodus 37:17Bezalel used one piece of pure gold to make the lampstand. He used a hammer to make it the right shape. He used the gold to make its base, its middle pole and the cups to hold the oil. The cups were like open flowers and closed flowers.
• Exodus 25:18Use gold to make images of two cherubs. Use a hammer to make them the right shape. They will stand at the two ends of the lid.
• Exodus 37:7He used gold to make images of two cherubs. He used a hammer to make them the right shape. He made them to stand at the two ends of the lid.
• Exodus 25:9I will show you how to make this tabernacle and everything that you will put inside it. But you must make everything in the way that I tell you.
• 1 Chronicles 28:11Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the temple buildings. That included the entrance room, the rooms to store things, the upstairs rooms and the inside rooms. And it included the Most Holy Place where the Covenant Box would be.
• Hebrews 8:5But the way that those Levite priests work is only like a picture of the true things in heaven. It is like a shadow of what would happen in heaven. Long ago, when Moses was ready to make the tabernacle, God warned him about it. God said to Moses, ‘Be careful to make everything just like the plan which I showed you on the mountain.’
• Hebrews 9:23The tabernacle and the things that were in it needed animals' blood to make them clean. That was a picture of the true place in heaven where people worship God. But the true things in heaven need better sacrifices to make them clean than the sacrifices of animals.

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

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Beaten gold
• Bend
• Sinai
• Wait
• 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