Numbers 8:2 · KJV
“Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.”
— Numbers 8:2
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers 8 — Context
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
3And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
4And 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.
Cross References
Exodus 25:37
And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. {shall light: or, shall cause to ascend} {it: Heb. the face of it}
Leviticus 24:1-2
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exodus 37:18-19
And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
Matthew 5:14
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Revelation 1:20
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
Revelation 1:12
And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
Exodus 37:23
And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, {of} pure gold.
Psalms 119:130
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.