Exodus 25:37
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37 Then make the seven lamps for the lampstand, and set them so they reflect their light forward.
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Numbers 8:2
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2 “Give Aaron the following instructions: When you set up the seven lamps in the lampstand, place them so their light shines forward in front of the lampstand.”
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Revelation 1:20-2:1
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20 This is the meaning of the mystery of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands: The seven stars are the angels[a] of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
The Message to the Church in Ephesus
2 “Write this letter to the angel[b] of the church in Ephesus. This is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks among the seven gold lampstands:
Revelation 1:12
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12 When I turned to see who was speaking to me, I saw seven gold lampstands.
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Zechariah 4:2
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2 “What do you see now?” he asked.
I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl of oil on top of it. Around the bowl are seven lamps, each having seven spouts with wicks.
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2 Chronicles 13:11
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11 They present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the Lord every morning and evening. They place the Bread of the Presence on the holy table, and they light the gold lampstand every evening. We are following the instructions of the Lord our God, but you have abandoned him.
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Leviticus 24:2-4
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2 “Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually. 3 This is the lampstand that stands in the Tabernacle, in front of the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant.[a] Aaron must keep the lamps burning in the Lord’s presence all night. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation. 4 Aaron and the priests must tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand continually in the Lord’s presence.
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Exodus 27:21
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21 The lampstand will stand in the Tabernacle, in front of the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant.[a] Aaron and his sons must keep the lamps burning in the Lord’s presence all night. This is a permanent law for the people of Israel, and it must be observed from generation to generation.
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Revelation 22:5
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5 And there will be no night there—no need for lamps or sun—for the Lord God will shine on them. And they will reign forever and ever.
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Revelation 21:23-25
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23 And the city has no need of sun or moon, for the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its light. 24 The nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the world will enter the city in all their glory. 25 Its gates will never be closed at the end of day because there is no night there.
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Revelation 4:5
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5 From the throne came flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder. And in front of the throne were seven torches with burning flames. This is the sevenfold Spirit[a] of God.
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- 4:5 Greek They are the seven spirits.
Revelation 1:4
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John’s Greeting to the Seven Churches
4 This letter is from John to the seven churches in the province of Asia.[a]
Grace and peace to you from the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come; from the sevenfold Spirit[b] before his throne;
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Acts 26:18
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18 to open their eyes, so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and be given a place among God’s people, who are set apart by faith in me.’
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John 12:5
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5 “That perfume was worth a year’s wages.[a] It should have been sold and the money given to the poor.”
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- 12:5 Greek worth 300 denarii. A denarius was equivalent to a laborer’s full day’s wage.
John 8:12
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Jesus, the Light of the World
12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”
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John 1:9
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9 The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
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Luke 1:79
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79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
and to guide us to the path of peace.”
Matthew 5:14
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14 “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.
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Isaiah 8:20
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20 Look to God’s instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.
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Proverbs 6:23
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23 For their command is a lamp
and their instruction a light;
their corrective discipline
is the way to life.
Psalm 119:105
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Exodus 40:24
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24 He set the lampstand in the Tabernacle across from the table on the south side of the Holy Place.
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Exodus 37:23
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23 He also made seven lamps for the lampstand, lamp snuffers, and trays, all of pure gold.
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Exodus 30:8
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8 And each evening when he lights the lamps, he must again burn incense in the Lord’s presence. This must be done from generation to generation.
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