Numbers 8:3 Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

English Standard Version
And Aaron did so: he set up its lamps in front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses.

New American Standard Bible
Aaron therefore did so; he mounted its lamps at the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

King James Bible
And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Aaron did this; he set up its lamps to give light in front of the lampstand just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

International Standard Version
So Aaron did so, setting up the lamps to illuminate the area in front of the lamp stand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

American Standard Version
And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof'so as to give light in front of the candlestick, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Aaron did so, and he put the lamps upon the candlestick, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Darby Bible Translation
And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

Young's Literal Translation
And Aaron doth so; over-against the face of the candlestick he hath caused its lights to go up, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

8:1-4 Aaron himself lighted the lamps, thus representing his Divine Master. The Scripture is a light shining in a dark place,

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2. Speak unto Aaron, &c.—The candlestick, which was made of one solid, massive piece of pure gold, with six lamps supported on as many branches, a seventh in the center surmounting the shaft itself (Ex 25:31; 37:17), and completed according to the pattern shown in the mount, was now to be lighted, when the other things in the sanctuary began to be applied to religious service. It was Aaron's personal duty, as the servant of God, to light His house, which, being without windows, required the aid of lights (2Pe 1:19). And the course he was ordered to follow was first to light the middle lamp from the altar-fire, and then the other lamps from each other—a course symbolical of all the light of heavenly truth being derived from Christ, and diffused by His ministers throughout the world (Re 4:5).

the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick—The candlestick stood close to the boards of the sanctuary, on the south side, in full view of the table of showbread on the north (Ex 26:35), having one set of its lamps turned towards the east, and another towards the west; so that all parts of the tabernacle were thus lighted up.