Exodus 25:37 “Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illumin…”

Exodus 25:37

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

American Standard Version

And thou shalt make the lamps thereof, seven: and they shall light the lamps thereof, to give light over against it.

Geneva Bible 1599

And thou shalt make the seuen lampes thereof: and the lampes thereof shalt thou put thereon, to giue light toward that that is before it.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof, and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may shine out before it;

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.

Bible in Basic English

Then you are to make its seven vessels for the lights, putting them in their place so that they give light in front of it.

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Cross references

“seven”

Zechariah 4:2 Revelation 1:12 Exodus 37:23 Revelation 1:4 Revelation 4:5 Revelation 1:20

Zechariah 4:2 · BSB

“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.

Revelation 1:12 · BSB

Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,

Exodus 37:23 · BSB

He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.

Revelation 1:4 · BSB

John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven spirits before His throne,

Revelation 4:5 · BSB

From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.

Revelation 1:20 · BSB

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.

“they shall”

Exodus 27:21 Leviticus 24:2–4 2 Chronicles 13:11 Exodus 30:8

Exodus 27:21 · BSB

In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for th…

Leviticus 24:2–4 · BSB

“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

2 Chronicles 13:11 · BSB

Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampst…

Exodus 30:8 · BSB

When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn the incense perpetually before the LORD for the generations to come.

“give”

Numbers 8:2 Exodus 40:24 Psalm 119:105 Proverbs 6:23 Isaiah 8:20 Matthew 5:14

Numbers 8:2 · BSB

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

Exodus 40:24 · BSB

He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle

Psalm 119:105 · BSB

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Proverbs 6:23 · BSB

For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

Isaiah 8:20 · BSB

To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

Matthew 5:14 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

36The buds and branches are to be all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.

38The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.

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