Numbers 8:3
And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the Lord commanded Moses.
And Aaron did so; he lighted the lampes therof, ouer against the candlestick, as the LORD *comanded Moses.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceExod. 25.31.
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Numbers 8:3
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of light. Sense 1: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 2: To alight or come upon.
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Sense 1: Vessels with oil and burning wicks used for light. Sense 2: Figuratively, sources, bearers, continuances, or signs of light.
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Of that or those previously mentioned; of it or of them.
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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
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candlestick
A stand or support for a lamp or light; especially a lampstand with branches.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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Ordered; directed.
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8:2Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
8:2Speake vnto Aaron, and say vnto him, When thou *lightest the lampes, the seuen lampes shall giue light, ouer against the candlesticke.
8:3And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the Lord commanded Moses.
8:3And Aaron did so; he lighted the lampes therof, ouer against the candlestick, as the LORD *comanded Moses.
Selected passage8:4And 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 candlestick.
8:4And this worke of the candlestick was of beaten gold, vnto the shaft thereof, vnto the flowres thereof was *beaten worke: according vnto the paterne which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlesticke.