Numbers 8:2

King James Version (KJV)

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

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

The seven lamps shall give light - The whole seven shall be lighted at one time, that seven may be ever burning.

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Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

Verses 1-4

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.

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Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary

Aaron himself lighted the lamps, thus representing his Divine Master. The Scripture is a light shining in a dark place, 2Pe 1:19. A dark place even the church would be without it; as the tabernacle, which had no window, would have been without the lamps. The work of ministers is to light these lamps, by expounding and applying the word of God. Jesus Christ is the only Light of our dark, sinful world; and by his atonement, by his word and the Holy Spirit, he diffuses light around.

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