2 Chronicles 4:7

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2 Chronicles 4:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible

5 It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.

6 He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.

7 He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.

8 Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.

9 He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.

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1 Kings 7:49

the lampstands of pure gold in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right side and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs;

1 Chronicles 28:15

the weight of the gold lampstands and their lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; the weight of each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand;

Zechariah 4:2

“What do you see?” he asked. “I see a solid gold lampstand,” I replied, “with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps.

Zechariah 4:3

There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.”

Zechariah 4:11

Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”

Zechariah 4:12

And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”

Zechariah 4:13

“Do you not know what these are?” he inquired. “No, my lord,” I replied.

Zechariah 4:14

So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.”

Matthew 5:14

You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

Matthew 5:15

Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

Matthew 5:16

In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

John 8:12

Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Revelation 1:20

This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Exodus 25:31

Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.

Exodus 25:32

Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.

Exodus 25:33

There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.

Exodus 25:34

And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

Exodus 25:35

For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.

Exodus 25:36

The buds and branches are to be all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.

Exodus 25:37

Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.

Exodus 25:38

The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.

Exodus 25:39

The lampstand and all these utensils shall be made from a talent of pure gold.

Exodus 25:40

See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

1 Chronicles 28:12

The plans contained everything David had in mind for the courts of the house of the LORD, for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the house of God and of the dedicated things,

1 Chronicles 28:19

“All this,” said David, “all the details of this plan, the LORD has made clear to me in writing by His hand upon me.”

Hebrews 8:5

The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”