Numbers 8:1

Aaron Lights the Lamps

8¹ The Lord said to Moses,

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Other Translations of Numbers 8:1

King James Version

Aaron Lights the Lamps

8¹ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

English Standard Version

Aaron Lights the Lamps

8¹ Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

The Message

Aaron Lights the Lamps

8¹ God spoke to Moses:

New King James Version

Aaron Lights the Lamps

8¹ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

New Living Translation

Aaron Lights the Lamps

8¹ The Lord said to Moses,

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 8:1

Commentary on Numbers 8:1-4

(Read Numbers 8:1-4)

Aaron himself lighted the lamps, thus representing his Divine Master. The Scripture is a light shining in a dark place, 2 Peter 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.