Verse 2

“Speak to Aaron and tell him,‘When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to give light in front of the lampstand.’”

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 25:37 : 37 “You are to make its seven lamps, and then set its lamps up on it, so that it will give light to the area in front of it.
  • Exod 37:18-19 : 18 Six branches were extending from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it. 19 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the next branch, and the same for the six branches that were extending from the lampstand.
  • Exod 37:23 : 23 He made its seven lamps, its trimmers, and its trays of pure gold.
  • Exod 40:25 : 25 Then he set up the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  • Lev 24:1-2 : 1 Regulations for the Lampstand and Table of Bread The LORD spoke to Moses: 2 “Command the Israelites to bring to you pure oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.
  • Lev 24:4 : 4 On the ceremonially pure lampstand he must arrange the lamps before the LORD continually.
  • Ps 119:105 : 105 נ(Nun) Your word is a lamp to walk by, and a light to illumine my path.
  • Ps 119:130 : 130 Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 Then you must recall the LORD’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.
  • Matt 5:14 : 14 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden.
  • John 1:9 : 9 The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
  • 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
  • Rev 1:12 : 12 I turned to see whose voice was speaking to me, and when I did so, I saw seven golden lampstands,
  • Rev 1:20-2:1 : 20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. 1 To the Church in Ephesus“To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write the following:“This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who has a firm grasp on the seven stars in his right hand– the one who walks among the seven golden lampstands:
  • Rev 4:5 : 5 From the throne came out flashes of lightning and roaring and crashes of thunder. Seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God, were burning in front of the throne