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| 8:1 |
First Reading God spoke to Moses, telling him to
Vayedaber Adonay el-Moshe lemor. |
8:2 |
speak to Aaron and say to him, 'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall illuminate the menorah.'
Daber el-Aharon ve'amarta elav beha'alotecha et-hanerot el-mul pney hamenorah ya'iru shiv'at hanerot. |
8:3 |
Aaron did that, lighting the lamps to illuminate the menorah, as God commanded Moses.
Vaya'as ken Aharon el-mul pney hamenorah he'elah neroteyha ka'asher tsivah Adonay et-Moshe. |
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Commentary:
light (Targum; Saadia). Or, 'set in order' (Septuagint). Literally, 'raise up.'
| illuminate... Or, 'Shall shine toward the center of the menorah' (Rashi; Rashbam). See Exodus 25:37.
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