Numbers 8:2

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““Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’””

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BSBPD

““Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Speak unto Aaron, and thou hast said unto him, In thy causing the lights to go up, over-against the face of the candlestick do the seven lights give light.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 8:2 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 25:37Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.
  2. Exodus 37:18Six branches extended from the sides, three on one side and three on the other.
  3. Exodus 37:23He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.
  4. Exodus 39:37the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light;
  5. Exodus 40:25and set up the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
  6. Leviticus 24:1Then the LORD said to Moses,
  7. Leviticus 24:4He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.
  8. Psalms 119:105Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
  9. Psalms 119:130The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
  10. Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
  11. Matthew 5:14You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
  12. John 1:9The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
  13. 2 Peter 1:19We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
  14. Revelation 1:12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,
  15. Revelation 1:20This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
  16. Revelation 4:5From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.

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