Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
Wednesday in Easter Week
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!

Read the Bible

Geneva Bible

Numbers 8:1

And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Appoint;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Numbers, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Exodus, the Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bemidbar Rabbah;   Sidra;   Triennial Cycle;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,
King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord said to Moses,
New English Translation
The Lord spoke to Moses:
Amplified Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said to Moses,
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai said to Moshe,
Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to Moses,
English Standard Version
Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
George Lamsa Translation
THE LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Good News Translation
The Lord said to Moses,
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord spoke to Moses:
Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE talked with Moses, & sayde:
American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to Aaron,
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
New King James Version
Exodus 25:31-40">[xr] And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
New Living Translation
The Lord said to Moses,
New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses,
New Revised Standard
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh spake unto Moses saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Revised Standard Version
Now the LORD said to Moses,
THE MESSAGE
God spoke to Moses: "Tell Aaron, Install the seven lamps so they will throw light in front of the Lampstand."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Speake vnto Aaron, and say vnto him, When thou lightest the lampes, the seuen lampes shall giue light towarde the forefront of the Candlesticke. 3 And Aaron did so, lighting the lampes thereof towarde ye forefront of the Candlesticke, as the Lorde had commanded Moses. 4 And this was the worke of the Candlesticke, euen of golde beaten out with the hammer, both the shafte, and the flowres thereof was beaten out with the hammer: according to the paterne, which the Lord had shewed Moses, so made he the Candlesticke.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

When this was spoken, says Bp. Patrick, is not certain. If Moses went into the tabernacle immediately after the princes had offered - Numbers 7:89, it may be thought he then spake these things unto him; but both this and what follows, concerning the Levites, seem rather to have been delivered after the order for giving them to the priests, and appointing their several charges - Numbers 3:1, and Numbers 4:1. But some other things intervening, which depended upon what had been ordered respecting their camp, and that of the Israelites, Moses omits this until he had stated them, and some other matters which he had received from God. - See note on Numbers 7:11.

Reciprocal: Genesis 46:11 - Levi Deuteronomy 10:8 - time the Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 8:7
And sent forth a rauen, which went out going forth and returning, vntill the waters were dried vp vpon the earth.
Genesis 8:9
But the doue found no rest for the sole of her foote: therefore she returned vnto him into the Arke (for the waters were vpon the whole earth) and he put forth his hand, and receiued her, and tooke her to him into the Arke.
Genesis 8:20
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord & tooke of euery cleane beast, & of euery cleane foule, and offered burnt offerings vpon the altar.
Genesis 8:22
Hereafter seede time & haruest, & colde and heate, and sommer and winter, and day and night shal not cease, so long as ye earth remaineth.
Genesis 19:29
But yet when God destroyed the cities of the plaine, God thought vpon Abraham, and sent Lot out from the middes of the destruction, when he ouerthrewe the cities, wherein Lot dwelled.
Genesis 30:22
And God remembred Rahel, and God heard her, and opened her wombe.
Exodus 2:24
Then God heard their mone, and God remembred his couenant with Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob.
Exodus 14:21
And Moses stretched forth his hande vpon the Sea, & the Lord caused the sea to runne backe by a strong East winde all the night, & made the Sea dry land: for the waters were deuided.
Numbers 22:32
And the Angel of the Lord said vnto him, Wherefore hast thou nowe smitten thine asse three times? beholde, I came out to withstande thee, because thy way is not straight before me.
1 Samuel 1:19
Then they rose vp early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah. Nowe Elkanah knewe Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembred her.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 the lamps were lighted and burning:

saying; as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER VIII

Directions how the lamps are to be lighted, 1-3.

How the candlestick was formed, 4.

The Levites to be consecrated to their service by being cleansed,

sprinkled, shaved, purified, and their clothes washed, 5-7.

To offer a meat-offering and a sin-offering, 8.

The people to put their hands upon them, 9, 10.

Aaron is to offer them before the Lord, 11.

The Levites to lay their hands on the heads of the bullocks,

&c., 12.

The Levites are taken to assist Aaron and his sons in the place

of all the first-born of Israel, 13-19.

Moses and Aaron do as they were commanded, the Levites are

presented, purified, and commence their service, 20-22.

They are to begin their service at twenty-five years of age, and

leave off at fifty, 23-25.

After this they shall have the general inspection of the service, 26.

NOTES ON CHAP. VIII


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile