KJV King James Version
And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
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Exodus 25:37
And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.
WEB World English Bible
You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.
ASV American Standard Version
And thou shalt make the lamps thereof, seven: and they shall light the lamps thereof, to give light over against it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and thou hast made its seven lamps, and one hath caused its lights to go up, and it hath given light over-against its front.
Surrounding context — Exodus 25
34 And in the candlestick [shall be] four bowls made like unto almonds, [with] their knops and their flowers.
35 And [there shall be] a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it [shall be] one beaten work [of] pure gold.
37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, [shall be of] pure gold.
39 [Of] a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
40 And look that thou make [them] after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
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וְעָשִׂ֥יתָH6213 · a.sahto make: doאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]נֵרֹתֶ֖יהָH5216 · nerlampשִׁבְעָ֑הH7651 · she.vasevenוְהֶֽעֱלָה֙H5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]נֵ֣רֹתֶ֔יהָH5216 · nerlampוְהֵאִ֖ירH215 · orto lightעַל־H5921 · aluponעֵ֥בֶרH5676 · e.verside: besideפָּנֶֽיהָ׃H6440 · pa.nehface: before
Cross-references
Numbers 8:2Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.Revelation 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.2 Chronicles 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.Leviticus 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.Revelation 1:12And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;Exodus 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.Zechariah 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:Exodus 30:8And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.Isaiah 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.John 12:5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?Exodus 40:24And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.Revelation 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.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.Proverbs 6:23For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:John 1:9[That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.Exodus 37:23And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, [of] pure gold.Psalm 119:105NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.Matthew 5:14Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
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