“ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ”
The actual lighting of the lamps (compare the marginal references) was to be done to set forth symbolically the special presence which God had now Numbers 7:89 actually established among His peop...
Directions Relating to the Candlestick. An account of the candlestick (really a lampstand) is contained in Exodus 25:31-40 *. Numbers 8:2 . lightest: render as in mg. (and so in Numbers 8...
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. spake. See note on Numbers 1:1 .
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, The Lord spake unto Moses. The order of this charter suggests the idea that the following instructions were given to Moses while he was within the taber...
The Lighting of the Golden Lamps. The Consecration of the Levites 1-4. See on Exodus 25:31-40 ; Exodus 27:20 ; Exodus 27:21 . 5-26. This is the fulfilment of the injunetion in Numbers 3:5...
2. THE CANDELABRUM Numbers 8:1-4 The seven-branched candlestick with its lamps stood in the outer chamber of the tabernacle into which the priests had frequently to go. When the curtain at the...
Lights in God's House; Clean Workmen Numbers 8:1-13 It is strange to come on this paragraph about the candlestick amid the preparations for leaving Sinai. But typically it is appropriate, becau...
Having recorded the acts of the princes in offering their substance, the record proceeded to deal with the setting apart of the Levites as the special order of men whose persons and time were to be g...
CONTENTS As the golden candlestick in the tabernacle consisted of seven lamps; this chapter contains directions for the lighting of them. Here is also the order for the consecration of the Levites,...
And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... Whether immediately after the offerings of the princes, or at another time, is not certain; Aben Ezra thinks it was in the night God spake unto him, because then...
This and what follows concerning the Levites, seems to have been delivered after the order for giving them to the priests, and settling their several charges, Numbers 3:4 .
THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE LAMPS (vs.1-4) It may seem strange that this one subject of the lampstand and the arranging of the lamps should be introduced in this place. But the previous Chapter s have...
The Lights of the Sanctuary. B. C. 1490. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2...
NUMBERS CHAPTER 8 How the lamps are to be lighted, Numbers 8:1-4 . God commands the Levites to be cleansed, Numbers 8:5-15 ; that they may serve with Aaron and his sons instead of the first-b...
Chapter 8 Yahweh's Further Response. The One represented by the Voice now set aside three things in order to manifest Himself to His people, the lampstand, the Levites and the Passover. The lamps...
Critical and Explanatory Notes Numbers 8:1-4 . (Compare Exodus 25:31-40 ; Exodus 27:20-21 ; Exodus 37:17-24 ; Exodus 40:24-25 ). Here we have the command to actually light the lamps, and the...
Numbers 8:7 . Water of purifying, or the water of sin, made with the ashes of the red heifer. Numbers 19:9 . Numbers 8:19 . To do the service. The great and awful work of expiation belongs...
When thou lightest the lamps. The golden candlestick an emblem of the Church of God I. The preciousness and sacredness of the church of God. II. The light of the church of God. III. The m...
EXPOSITION THE LIGHTING OF THE LAMPS ( Numbers 8:1-4 ). Numbers 8:1 The Lord spake unto Moses. It does not appear when. The attempt of modern commentators to find a real connec...
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers 8:1