Numbers 8:1-3
Numbers 8:1-4 The Message (MSG)
GOD spoke to Moses: “Tell Aaron, Install the seven lamps so they will throw light in front of the Lampstand.” Aaron did just that. He installed the lamps so they threw light in front of the Lampstand, as GOD had instructed Moses. The Lampstand was made of hammered gold from its stem to its petals. It was made precisely to the design GOD had shown Moses.
Numbers 8:1-3 King James Version (KJV)
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers 8:1-3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you mount the lamps, the seven lamps will give light in the front of the lampstand.’ ” Aaron therefore did so; he mounted its lamps at the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Numbers 8:1-3 New Century Version (NCV)
The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron and tell him, ‘Put the seven lamps where they can light the area in front of the lampstand.’ ” Aaron did this, putting the lamps so they lighted the area in front of the lampstand; he obeyed the command the LORD gave Moses.
Numbers 8:1-3 American Standard Version (ASV)
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick. And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof so as to give light in front of the candlestick, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Numbers 8:1-3 New International Version (NIV)
The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.’ ” Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers 8:1-3 New King James Version (NKJV)
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak to Aaron, and say to him, ‘When you arrange the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.’ ” And Aaron did so; he arranged the lamps to face toward the front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers 8:1-3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “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.’ ” And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps at the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Numbers 8:1-3 New Living Translation (NLT)
The LORD said to Moses, “Give Aaron the following instructions: When you set up the seven lamps in the lampstand, place them so their light shines forward in front of the lampstand.” So Aaron did this. He set up the seven lamps so they reflected their light forward, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Numbers 8:1-3 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)
Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.” And Aaron did so: he set up its lamps in front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses.