the pure gold lampstand, with its arrangement of lamps and all its utensils, and the oil for the 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,
- KJV 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,
- 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;
- 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 you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
- Exod 25:31“You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. Of hammered work shall the lamp stand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.
- Matt 5:14–16You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.
- Exod 27:21In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh: it shall be a statute forever throughout 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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