The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,
Parallel translations
- WEB the pure lamp stand, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, all its vessels, the oil for the light,
- BSB the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light;
- NKJV the pure gold lampstand with its lamps (the lamps set in order), all its utensils, and the oil for light;
- NASB the pure gold lampstand, with its arrangement of lamps and all its utensils, and the oil for the light;
- NLT the pure gold lampstand with its symmetrical lamp cups, all its accessories, and the olive oil for lighting;
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Quick answer
They brought the pure gold lampstand with its lamps, oil, and accessories. The light of the Holy Place was provided.
Overview
The golden lampstand gave the only light in the Holy Place, burning continually before the Lord. Its light symbolized God's presence and the spiritual illumination He gives His people. This anticipates Christ, the Light of the World (John 8:12), and His church called to shine as lights, sustained by the oil so often associated with the Spirit.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Phil 2:15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
- Exod 25:31And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
- Matt 5:14–16Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
- 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.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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