Numbers 8:1-4

Numbers 8:1-4

[1] And the LORD  spake  unto Moses,  saying,  [2] Speak  unto Aaron,  and say  unto him, When thou lightest  the lamps,  the seven  lamps  shall give light  over against  the candlestick.  [3] And Aaron  did  so; he lighted  the lamps  thereof over against  the candlestick,  as the LORD  commanded  Moses.  [4] And this work  of the candlestick  was of beaten  gold,  unto the shaft  thereof, unto the flowers  thereof, was beaten work:  according unto the pattern  which the LORD  had shewed  Moses,  so he made  the candlestick. 

What does Numbers 8:1-4 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The lighting of the lamps in the tabernacle symbolized the consecration of the Levites who were to represent the whole nation as lights to the world ( Numbers 8:1-4; cf. Isaiah 42:6). The high priest was in charge of the lampstand (cf. Revelation 1:20 to Revelation 3:22).