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Zechariah 4:2
New English Translation
Zechariah 4:2
New English Translation
2 He asked me, “What do you see?” I replied,[a] “I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top. There are seven lamps at the top, with seven[b] pipes going to the lamps.
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- Zechariah 4:2 tc The present translation (along with most other English versions) follows the reading of the Qere and many ancient versions, “I said,” as opposed to the MT Kethib “he said.”
- Zechariah 4:2 tc The MT, supported by a Qumran manuscript, reads “seven and seven,” which would be fourteen. But Hebrew normally says “four and ten.” The LXX simply reads “seven,” suggesting the MT has a case of dittography.
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