2Speak to Aaron, and thou shalt say to him: When thou shalt place the seven lamps, let the candlestick be set up on the south side. Give orders therefore that the lamps look over against the north, towards the table of the leaves of proposition, over against that part shall they give light, towards which the candlestick looketh.


In Context

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 Speak to Aaron, and thou shalt say to him: When thou shalt place the seven lamps, let the candlestick be set up on the south side. Give orders therefore that the lamps look over against the north, towards the table of the leaves of proposition, over against that part shall they give light, towards which the candlestick looketh.

3 And Aaron did so, and he put the lamps upon the candlestick, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

4 Now this was the work of the candlestick, it was of beaten gold, both the shaft in the middle, and all that came out of both sides of the branches: according to the pattern which the Lord had shewn to Moses, so he made the candlestick.

Numbers 8:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:2Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:2"Speak to Aaron and say to him, 'When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.' "

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:2Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:2Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:2Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:2Speak to Aaron, and say to him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:2|Speak to Aaron, and tell him, 'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:2'Speak unto Aaron, and thou hast said unto him, In thy causing the lights to go up, over-against the face of the candlestick do the seven lights give light.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:2Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.