Exodus 25:37

Seven lamps were to be made and set to give light in front of the lampstand. The lampstand provided continual light in the holy place.

Cross-references · 23

• Num 8:2Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
• Rev 1:20The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
• Exod 27:21In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
• Rev 1:12And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
• 2 Chr 13:11And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
• Lev 24:2–4Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
• Zech 4:2And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
• John 8:12Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• Matt 5:14Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
• Exod 37:23And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
• Luke 1:79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
• Acts 26:18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
• Rev 21:23–25And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
• John 12:5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
• John 1:9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
• Exod 30:8And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
• Rev 1:4John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
• Prov 6:23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
• Exod 40:24And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
• Rev 22:5And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
• Isa 8:20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
• Rev 4:5And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
• Ps 119:105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

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