Numbers 8:2

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 25:37 : 37 “You are to make its seven lamps, and then set its lamps up on it, so that it will give light to the area in front of it.
  • Exod 37:18-19 : 18 Six branches were extending from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it. 19 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the next branch, and the same for the six branches that were extending from the lampstand.
  • Exod 37:23 : 23 He made its seven lamps, its trimmers, and its trays of pure gold.
  • Exod 40:25 : 25 Then he set up the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  • Lev 24:1-2 : 1 Regulations for the Lampstand and Table of Bread The LORD spoke to Moses: 2 “Command the Israelites to bring to you pure oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.
  • Lev 24:4 : 4 On the ceremonially pure lampstand he must arrange the lamps before the LORD continually.
  • Ps 119:105 : 105 נ(Nun) Your word is a lamp to walk by, and a light to illumine my path.
  • Ps 119:130 : 130 Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 Then you must recall the LORD’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.
  • Matt 5:14 : 14 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden.
  • John 1:9 : 9 The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
  • 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
  • Rev 1:12 : 12 I turned to see whose voice was speaking to me, and when I did so, I saw seven golden lampstands,
  • Rev 1:20-2:1 : 20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. 1 To the Church in Ephesus“To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write the following:“This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who has a firm grasp on the seven stars in his right hand– the one who walks among the seven golden lampstands:
  • Rev 4:5 : 5 From the throne came out flashes of lightning and roaring and crashes of thunder. Seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God, were burning in front of the throne

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 8:3-5
    3 verses
    91%

    3And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps to face toward the front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses.

    4This is how the lampstand was made: It was beaten work in gold; from its shaft to its flowers it was beaten work. According to the pattern which the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

    5The Separation of the Levites Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 8:1
    87%

    1Lighting the Lamps The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 25:37
    85%

    37“You are to make its seven lamps, and then set its lamps up on it, so that it will give light to the area in front of it.

  • Lev 24:1-4
    4 verses
    80%

    1Regulations for the Lampstand and Table of Bread The LORD spoke to Moses:

    2“Command the Israelites to bring to you pure oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

    3Outside the special curtain of the congregation in the Meeting Tent Aaron must arrange it from evening until morning before the LORD continually. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations.

    4On the ceremonially pure lampstand he must arrange the lamps before the LORD continually.

  • Exod 40:24-25
    2 verses
    80%

    24And he put the lampstand in the tent of meeting opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.

    25Then he set up the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Exod 30:7-8
    2 verses
    79%

    7Aaron is to burn sweet incense on it morning by morning; when he attends to the lamps he is to burn incense.

    8When Aaron sets up the lamps around sundown he is to burn incense on it; it is to be a regular incense offering before the LORD throughout your generations.

  • Lev 10:8
    79%

    8Perpetual Statutes the Lord Spoke to Aaron Then the LORD spoke to Aaron,

  • Exod 40:4
    78%

    4You are to bring in the table and set out the things that belong on it; then you are to bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

  • Exod 27:20-21
    2 verses
    78%

    20Offering the Oil“You are to command the Israelites that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, so that the lamps will burn regularly.

    21In the tent of meeting outside the curtain that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons are to arrange it from evening to morning before the LORD. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for generations to come.

  • Exod 39:37
    78%

    37the pure lampstand, its lamps, with the lamps set in order, and all its accessories, and oil for the light;

  • Num 4:17
    77%

    17Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

  • Exod 35:14
    77%

    14the lampstand for the light and its accessories, its lamps, and oil for the light;

  • Exod 37:17-21
    5 verses
    77%

    17The Making of the Lampstand He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were from the same piece.

    18Six branches were extending from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it.

    19Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the next branch, and the same for the six branches that were extending from the lampstand.

    20On the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms,

    21with a bud under the first two branches from it, and a bud under the next two branches from it, and a bud under the third two branches from it; according to the six branches that extended from it.

  • Exod 25:31-33
    3 verses
    76%

    31The Lampstand“You are to make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand is to be made of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms are to be from the same piece.

    32Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand, three branches of the lampstand from one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it.

    33Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on the next branch, and the same for the six branches extending from the lampstand.

  • 2 Chr 4:7
    76%

    7He made ten gold lampstands according to specifications and put them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left.

  • Lev 8:1
    74%

    1Ordination of the Priests Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 7:8
    74%

    8The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Exod 31:8
    74%

    8the table with its utensils, the pure lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense,

  • Exod 25:35
    74%

    35with a bud under the first two branches from it, and a bud under the next two branches from it, and a bud under the third two branches from it, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

  • Lev 17:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1The Slaughter of Animals The LORD spoke to Moses:

    2“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, and tell them:‘This is the word that the LORD has commanded:

  • 2 Chr 4:20
    74%

    20the pure gold lampstands and their lamps which burned as specified at the entrance to the inner sanctuary,

  • Num 2:1
    74%

    1The Arrangement of the Tribes The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron:

  • Zech 4:2
    73%

    2He asked me,“What do you see?” I replied,“I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top. There are seven lamps at the top, with seven pipes going to the lamps.

  • 1 Kgs 7:49
    73%

    49the pure gold lampstands at the entrance to the inner sanctuary(five on the right and five on the left), the gold flower-shaped ornaments, lamps, and tongs,

  • Num 4:9
    73%

    9“They must take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand of the light, with its lamps, its wick-trimmers, its trays, and all its oil vessels, with which they service it.

  • Lev 8:12
    73%

    12He then poured some of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron and anointed him to consecrate him.

  • Lev 6:8
    73%

    8Sacrificial Instructions for the Priests: The Burnt Offering(6:1) Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • 1 Chr 28:15
    73%

    15for the gold lampstands and their gold lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps, for the silver lampstands, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps, according to the prescribed use of each lampstand,

  • Exod 31:12
    73%

    12Sabbath Observance The LORD said to Moses,

  • Exod 30:27
    72%

    27the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, the altar of incense,

  • Num 8:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22After this, the Levites went in to do their work in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before his sons. As the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did.

    23The Work of the Levites Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Lev 1:7
    72%

    7and the sons of Aaron, the priest, must put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.

  • Exod 26:35
    71%

    35You are to put the table outside the curtain and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle, opposite the table, and you are to place the table on the north side.

  • Lev 22:1
    71%

    1Regulations for the Eating of Priestly Stipends The LORD spoke to Moses: