New American Standard Bible 1995

Numbers 8:1-4

1Then the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068spokeוַיְדַבֵּ֥רvay.da.BerH1696to Mosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872,sayingלֵּאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

2“Speakדַּבֵּר֙da.BerH1696to Aaronאַהֲרֹ֔ן'a.ha.RonH175and sayוְאָמַרְתָּ֖ve.'a.mar.TaH559to him, ‘When youmountבְּהַעֲלֹֽתְךָ֙be.ha.'a.lo.te.KhaH5927the lampsהַנֵּרֹ֔תha.ne.RotH5216,the sevenשִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'AtH7651lampsהַנֵּרֽוֹת׃ha.ne.RotH5216willgiveיָאִ֖ירוּya.'I.ruH215lightH215in the frontפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440of the lampstandהַמְּנוֹרָ֔הha.me.no.RahH4501.’”

3Aaronאַהֲרֹ֔ן'a.ha.RonH175therefore didוַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213soכֵּן֙kenH3651; hemountedהֶעֱלָ֖הhe.'e.LahH5927its lampsנֵרֹתֶ֑יהָne.ro.Tei.haH5216at the frontפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440of the lampstandהַמְּנוֹרָ֔הha.me.no.RahH4501,justH3512as the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068had commandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680Mosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872.

4Now thisוְזֶ֨הve.ZehH2088was the workmanshipמַעֲשֵׂ֤הma.'a.SehH4639of the lampstandהַמְּנֹרָה֙ha.me.no.RahH4501,hammeredH4749workמִקְשָׁ֣הmik.ShahH4749of goldזָהָ֔בza.HavH2091;from its baseיְרֵכָ֥הּye.re.KhahH3409to its flowersפִּרְחָ֖הּpir.ChahH6525it was hammeredH4749workמִקְשָׁ֣הmik.ShahH4749;according to the patternכַּמַּרְאֶ֗הka.mar.'EhH4758whichאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068had shownהֶרְאָ֤הher.'AhH7200Mosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872,soכֵּ֥ןkenH3651he madeעָשָׂ֖ה'a.SahH6213the lampstandהַמְּנֹרָֽה׃ פha.me.no.RahH4501.

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