Numbers 8:2

Verse 2. Looketh. This candlestick stood on the south side, with one branch extending towards the altar of incense, on the east; and the other to the west, so as to give light to the loaves of proposition, on the north. Exodus 25:31. Calmet.—It was intended to illumine the holy of holies, where a sort of feast was prepared for God, and where no windows were found. Menochius.—Hebrew simply, “When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against,” upon, or near to “the candlestick.” Bible.—The lamps might be separated from the branches and stem of the candlestick. D.