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Text -- Numbers 8:1-7 (NET)
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Lighting the Lamps
8:1 The Lord spoke to Moses :
8:2 “Speak to Aaron and tell him, ‘When you set up the lamps , the seven lamps are to give light in front of the lampstand .’”
8:3 And Aaron did so ; he set up the lamps to face toward the front of the lampstand , as the Lord commanded Moses .
8:4 This is how the lampstand was made: It was beaten work in gold ; from its shaft to its flowers it was beaten work . According to the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses , so he made the lampstand .
The Separation of the Levites
8:5 Then the Lord spoke to Moses :
8:6 “Take the Levites from among the Israelites and purify them.
8:7 And do this to them to purify them: Sprinkle water of purification on them; then have them shave all their body and wash their clothes , and so purify themselves.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Levites |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 1 |
BAPTISM (NON-IMMERSIONIST VIEW) |
RAZOR |
Purification |
TABERNACLE |
TALMUD |
SPRINKLE; SPRINKLING |
Lampstand |
Metal Work of Gold |
Sprinkling |
Priest |
SHAFT |
NUMBER |
BAPTISM (LUTHERAN DOCTRINE) |
Water of purification |
Nail |
CLEANSE |
EXPIATION |
Beaten gold |
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NET Notes: Num 8:1 This chapter has three main sections to it: the lighting of the lamps (vv. 1-4), the separation of the Levites (vv. 5-22), and the work of the Levites...
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NET Notes: Num 8:2 The imperfect tense forms part of the instruction, and so the translation has to indicate that. The instruction would seem obvious, but the light was ...
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NET Notes: Num 8:6 The verb טָהַר (tahar) means that Moses was “to purify” or “to make ceremonially clean” the Levi...
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