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Numbers 8:4

beaten work Repousséwork, hammered out of a solid plate of gold (Exodus 25:31; Exodus 25:36; Exodus 37:17-22). This work was employed also for the Cherubim (Exodus 25:18; Exodus 37:7) and the two silver clarions (Numbers 10:2).

unto the base… and unto the flowers The Heb. idiom means both base and flowers. The flowers were the ornamentation on each of the six shafts and on the central stem. In every shaft there were three cups, and on the central stem four, each consisting of a calyx and petals of an almond blossom. The lampstand of Herod's temple was made on this model, and is familiar from its representation on the arch of Titus.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Numbers 8:4. _THIS WORK OF THE CANDLESTICK, C._] See many curious particulars relative to this candlestick, See Clarke on Ex 25:31 and _"_Exodus 25:39_"_. The _candlestick_ itself was an emblem...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 people....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    6. THE CONSECRATION OF THE LEVITES CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The lighting of the candlestick (Numbers 8:1)_ 2. The consecration of the Levites (Numbers 8:5) 3. The charge to the Levites repeated (Numbers 8:2...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DIRECTIONS RELATING TO THE CANDLESTICK. An account of the candlestick (really a lampstand) is contained in Exodus 25:31 *. NUMBERS 8:2. LIGHTEST: render as in _mg._ (and so in Numbers 8:3). give ligh...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    UNTO. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Onkelos Manuscript, and The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel read "and unto"....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    IX. ASSORTED LAWS AND INSTRUCTIONS (NUMBERS 8; NUMBERS 9; NUMBERS 10:1-10) A. ON LIGHTING THE LAMPS IN THE TABERNACLE vv. 1-4 TEXT Numbers 8:1-4.

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND AARON DID SO; HE LIGHTED THE LAMPS THEREOF OVER AGAINST THE CANDLESTICK, AS THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LIGHTING OF THE GOLDEN LAMPS. THE CONSECRATION OF THE LEVITES 1-4. See on Exodus 25:31; Exodus 27:20; Exodus 27:21. 5-26. This is the fulfilment of the injunetion in...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 8 AARON SETS UP THE LAMPS – NUMBERS 8:1-4 V1 The *LORD said to Moses, V2 ‘Speak to Aaron. Give these instr

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND THIS WORK OF THE CANDLESTICK... — Better, _And this was the work of the candlestick, i.e.,_ the material of which it was made. BEATEN GOLD. — Better, _turned_ (or _twisted_)_ gold._ UNTO THE SHAF...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ זֶ֨ה מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה הַ מְּנֹרָה֙ מִקְשָׁ֣ה זָהָ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    2. THE CANDELABRUM Numbers 8:1 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 entrance...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    LIGHTS IN GOD'S HOUSE; CLEAN WORKMEN Numbers 8:1 It is strange to come on this paragraph about the candlestick amid the preparations for leaving Sinai. But typically it is appropriate, because the p...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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 gi...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And this work of the candlestick [was of] beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, [was] beaten work: (b) according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made t...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    What a beautiful though short description, is given of the candlestick; namely, of beaten gold: intimating most probably, the GODHEAD and glory of Him, who is as the church describes him in himself, a...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It is impossible to look at this book ever so cursorily without feeling the difference of the atmosphere from that of Leviticus. And this is so much the more striking because it cannot be fairly doubt...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 8 AND 9. Chapter 8 speaks of the candlestick. [1] The lamps were to make the light shine from it, and cause that light to be diffused around and before it. Th...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THIS WORK OF THE CANDLESTICK [WAS] OF BEATEN GOLD,.... As it is also said to be; Exodus 25:31; and Exodus 25:36: UNTO THE SHALT THEREOF, UNTO THE FLOWERS THEREOF, [WAS] BEATEN WORK; of which, se...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And this work of the candlestick [was of] beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, [was] beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the c...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Of beaten gold_ Not hollow, but solid gold, beaten out of one piece, not of several pieces joined or soldered together....

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [THE CLEANSING THE LEUITES.] 1 How the lampes are to be lighted. 5 The consecration of the Leuites. 23 The age and time of their seruice. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Speake vnto Aar...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, of fine chased work, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work, Exodus 25:31; according unto the pattern which the Lord had...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE LIGHTING OF THE SANCTUARY LAMPS...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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 bee...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 tabe...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BEATEN GOLD, not hollow, but solid and massive gold, beaten out of one piece, and not of several pieces joined or soldered together. See EXODUS 25:18,31 EXODUS 37:17....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    "And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. And Aaron did so; he lighted th...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Numbers 8:4 workmanship H4639 lampstand H4501 hammered H4749 gold H2091 shaft H3409 flowers H6525 work H4749 pattern...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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 lampstand...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Cleansing of the Levites for the ministry of the tabernacle. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: All Christians, and especially ministers, should cleanse themselves from all filthin...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 solely t...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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 minister...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 8:1__ The lampstand is described more fully in Exodus 25:31. Its construction is explained in...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 8:1. (Compare Exodus 25:31; Exodus 27:20; Exodus 37:17;...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE LIGHTING OF THE LAMPS (Numbers 8:1). NUMBERS 8:1 THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES. It does not appear when. The attempt of modern commentators to find a real connection be

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When you light the lamps, the seven lamps that shall give light there in the candlestick. And so Aaron lighted the lamps of t...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 28:11; Exodus 25:18; Exodus 25:31; Exodus 25:40;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Of beaten gold — Not hollow, but solid gold, beaten out of one piece, not of several pieces joined or soldered together....

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