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...
Directions Relating to the Candlestick. An account of the candlestick (really a lampstand) is contained in Exodus 25:31-40 *. Numbers 8:2 . l...
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...
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...
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 prie...
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 lea...
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 specia...
CONTENTS As the golden candlestick in the tabernacle consisted of seven lamps; this chapter contains directions for the lighting of them. Here is al...
If the Reader will consult Exodus 25:31 he will find similar directions given concerning this service. But it was here that the first precept is gi...
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...
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...
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 introdu...
The Lights of the Sanctuary. B. C. 1490. ...
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 se...
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...
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...
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 servic...
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....
EXPOSITION THE LIGHTING OF THE LAMPS ( Numbers 8:1-4 ). Numbers 8:1 The Lord spake unto Moses. It does not appear when. The at...
Numbers 8:1
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,