Numbers 8:1
Then the LORD said to Moses,
What it says
The LORD speaks to Moses and begins a new instruction.
What it is doing
It introduces the command that governs the section.
In context
1Then the LORD said to Moses, 2“Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’” 3And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. 4This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.