Numbers 8:3

And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Interpretation

Aaron himself lighted the lamps, thus representing his Divine Master. The Scripture is a light shining in a dark place, 2Pe 1:19.

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This thought runs through Numbers 8:1-4.

Candlestick Object: The lamp-stand, “candelabrum,” which Moses was commanded to make for the tabernacle, according to the pattern shown him. Its form is described in Ex.