Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Speak to Aaron, and say to him: 'When you are setting up the lamps, the seven lamps will give light in front of the face of the lampstand.'"
New American Standard Bible
“Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you
King James Version
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
Holman Bible
“Speak to Aaron and tell him: When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to give light in front of the lampstand.”
International Standard Version
"Tell Aaron, "When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps will illuminate the area in front of the lamp stand.'"
A Conservative Version
Speak to Aaron, and say to him, When thou light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.
American Standard Version
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.
Amplified
“Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up and light the lamps, the seven lamps will shine in front of the lampstand.’”
Bible in Basic English
Say to Aaron, When you put the lights in their places, the seven lights will give light in front of the support.
Darby Translation
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
Julia Smith Translation
Speak to Aaron, and say to him, In thy raising up of the lamps, to the front of the face of the chandelier shall the seven lamps enlighten.
King James 2000
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.
Modern King James verseion
Speak to Aaron, and say to him, When you bring the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Speak unto Aaron and say unto him, 'When thou puttest on the lamps see that they light all seven upon the forefront of the candlestick.'"
NET Bible
"Speak to Aaron and tell him, 'When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to give light in front of the lampstand.'"
New Heart English Bible
"Speak to Aaron, and tell him, 'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.'"
The Emphasized Bible
Speak unto Aaron, and thou shalt say unto him, - When thou lightest up the lamps, over against the front of the lampstand, shall the seven lamps give light.
Webster
Speak to Aaron, and say to him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
World English Bible
"Speak to Aaron, and tell him, 'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.'"
Youngs Literal Translation
'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.'
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 8:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Seven Lamps
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Speak to Aaron, and say to him: 'When you are setting up the lamps, the seven lamps will give light in front of the face of the lampstand.'" 3 And Aaron did so; he set up the lampstand in front of the face of its lamps, just as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Names
Cross References
Exodus 25:37
And you will make its seven lamps, and its lamps will be set up, and it will give light {in the space in front of it}.
Exodus 37:18-19
And six branches [were] going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side.
Exodus 37:23
And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its fire pans of pure gold.
Exodus 40:25
And he set up the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Leviticus 24:1-2
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Leviticus 24:4
On the pure [golden] lampstand he shall arrange for the lamps {before} Yahweh continually.
Psalm 119:105
Your word [is] a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Psalm 119:130
The unfolding of your words gives light, giving understanding to [the] simple.
Isaiah 8:20
for teaching and for testimony?" {surely they [who] speak like this have no dawn}.
Matthew 5:14
You are the light of the world. A city located on top of a hill cannot be hidden,
John 1:9
The true light, who gives light to every person, was coming into the world.
2 Peter 1:19
and we possess [as] more reliable the prophetic word, to which you do well [if you] pay attention to [it] as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
Revelation 1:12
And I turned to see the voice which was speaking with me, and [when I] turned, I saw seven gold lampstands,
Revelation 1:20-1
[As for] the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands--the seven stars are [the] angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are [the] seven churches.
Revelation 4:5
And from the throne came out lightnings and sounds and thunders, and seven torches of fire [were] burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.