³⁷ You shall make seven lamps for it, and ^(A)they shall arrange its lamps so that they ^(B)give light in front of it.

² “Speak to Aaron, and say to him, ‘When you ^(A)arrange the lamps, the seven ^(B)lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.’ ”

²⁰ The ^[a]mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are ^(A)the ^[b]angels of the seven churches, and ^(B)the seven lampstands ^[c]which you saw are the seven churches.

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2 “To the ^[d]angel of the church of Ephesus write,

‘These things says ^(C)He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, ^(D)who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:

¹² Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned ^(A)I saw seven golden lampstands,

² And he said to me, “What do you see?”

So I said, “I am looking, and there is ^(A)a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, ^(B)and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps.

^11 (A)And they burn to the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense; they also set the ^(B)showbread in order on the pure gold table, and the lampstand of gold with its lamps ^(C)to burn every evening; for we keep the command of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken Him.

^2 (A)“Command the children of Israel that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to make the lamps burn continually. ³ Outside the veil of the Testimony, in the tabernacle of meeting, Aaron shall be in charge of it from evening until morning before the Lord continually; it shall be a statute forever in your generations. ⁴ He shall ^[a]be in charge of the lamps on ^(B)the pure gold lampstand before the Lord continually.

²¹ In the tabernacle of meeting, ^(A)outside the veil which is before the Testimony, ^(B)Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the Lord. ^(C)It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel.

^5 (A)There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor ^(B)light of the sun, for ^(C)the Lord God gives them light. ^(D)And they shall reign forever and ever.