Numbers 8:3

Aaron did so. He lit its lamps to light the area in front of the lamp stand, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

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WEBBE

Aaron did so. He lit its lamps to light the area in front of the lamp stand, as the LORD commanded Moses.

BSB

And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

KJV

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

ASV

And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof [so as to give light] in front of the candlestick, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

BBE

And Aaron did so; he put the lights in their places so that they gave light in front of the support, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

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וַיַּעַשׂ vai·ya·'as and he did H6213 כֵּן ken so H3651 אַהֲרֹן 'a·ha·ron Aaron H175 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 מוּל mul [the] front of H4136 פְּנֵי pe·nei [the] face of H6440 הַמְּנוֹרָה ha·me·no·rah the lampstand H4501 הֶעֱלָה he·'e·lah he lifted up H5927 נֵרֹתֶיהָ ne·ro·tei·ha lamps its H5216 כַּאֲשֶׁר ka·'a·sher just as H834 צִוָּה tzi·vah he had commanded H6680 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 מֹשֶׁה mo·sheh Moses H4872

Commentary

Matthew Henry · 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 is the only Light of our dark, sinful world; and by his atonement, by his word and the Holy Spirit, he diffuses light around.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.