2 Chronicles 4:7 Cross References - NSB

⁷ They made ten gold lamp stands according to the usual pattern, and ten tables, and placed them in the main room of the Temple.

³¹ »Make lamp stand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold. Its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it. ³² »Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side. ³³ »Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the other branch. This should go on for six branches going out from the lamp stand. ³⁴ »Four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers should be in the lamp stand. ³⁵ »A bulb shall be under each of the six pair of branches coming out of the lamp stand. ³⁶ »Their bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece. All of it must be one piece of hammered work of pure gold. ³⁷ »Then make a total of seven lamps. Mount the lamps so that they shed light on the space in front of it. ³⁸ »Its snuffers and fire holders (trays) must be of pure gold. ³⁹ »It shall be made from seventy-five pounds of pure gold, with all these utensils. ⁴⁰ »See that you make them like the pattern for them that were shown to you on the mountain.

⁴⁹ lamps stands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north in front of the inner room, flowers, lamps, gold tongs,

¹² He gave him plans for the courtyards of Jehovah’s Temple and for all the rooms around it. These rooms served as treasuries for God’s Temple and the gifts dedicated to God.

¹⁵ the weight of the gold lamp stands and their gold lamps that is, the weight of gold for each lamp stand and its lamps, the weight of silver for each silver lamp stand and its lamps according to the use of each lamp stand for worship,

¹⁹ David said: »All this was written for me by Jehovah’s hand. He made all the details of the plan clear to me.«

² He asked: »What do you see?« I answered: »I see a gold lamp stand, with a bowl on top and seven lamps. There are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are on the top. ³ »There are two olive trees beside it. One is on the right side of the bowl and the other is on the left side of the bowl.«

¹¹ I said to him: »What are these two olive-trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side of it?« ¹² I spoke a second time: »What are these two olive branches, that are beside the two golden spouts, that empty the golden oil from themselves?« ¹³ He answered: »You do not know what these are?« I said, »No, my lord.« ¹⁴ Then he said: »These are the two anointed ones who stand by Jehovah the God of the whole earth!«

¹⁵ »A light is not placed under a cover. To the contrary, it is placed on a table so all may see. ¹⁶ »Likewise, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

¹⁴ »You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill may be seen by all.

¹² Again Jesus spoke to them, saying: »I am the light of the world. He that follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.«

⁵ The work they do as priests is only a copy and a shadow of what is in heaven. It is the same as it was with Moses. When he was about to build the sacred tent, God told him: »Be sure to make everything according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain.«

²⁰ »This is the secret of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lamp stands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven congregations. The seven lamp stands that you saw are the seven congregations.«