2 Chronicles 4:7
Hebrew Text— 2 Chronicles 4:7He made the ten lamp stands of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
Morphological data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.
Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.
You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.
This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.
“To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: “He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lamp stands says these things:
See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.
For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.
It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
“You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. The lamp stand shall be made of hammered work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.
Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of God’s house and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
Then David gave to Solomon his son the plans for the porch of the temple, for its houses, for its treasuries, for its upper rooms, for its inner rooms, for the place of the mercy seat;
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’
For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.
But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’ ”
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.
For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.
See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
“And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: “He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: “I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.
and the lamp stands, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;
when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
Who among you fears Yahweh and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness and has no light, let him trust in Yahweh’s name, and rely on his God.
Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.
a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”
Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.”
I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lamp stands.
Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lamp stand out of its place, unless you repent.
You shall set up the tabernacle according to the way that it was shown to you on the mountain.
and the lamp stands with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold;
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
The captain of the guard took away the cups, the fire pans, the basins, the pots, the lamp stands, the spoons, and the bowls; that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver.
Yahweh’s word came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and Yahweh’s hand was there on him.
So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and Yahweh’s hand was strong on me.
Yahweh’s hand was there on me; and he said to me, “Arise, go out into the plain, and I will talk with you there.”
In the visions of God he brought me into the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, on which was something like the frame of a city to the south.
They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.
He said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.”
to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you don’t believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name, these testify about me.
Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth.
Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away and the true light already shines.
“To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: “The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:
“To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: “He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
“To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: “The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things:
“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
“To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of God’s creation, says these things:
These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.
“They shall take a blue cloth and cover the lamp stand of the light, its lamps, its snuffers, its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it.
Against the wall of the house, he built floors all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the inner sanctuary; and he made side rooms all around.
The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits.
The priests brought in the ark of Yahweh’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the cherubim’s wings.
and the plans of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of Yahweh’s house, for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of God’s house, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things;
by weight also for the lamp stands of gold, and for its lamps, of gold, by weight for every lamp stand and for its lamps; and for the lamp stands of silver, by weight for every lamp stand and for its lamps, according to the use of every lamp stand;
“All this”, David said, “I have been made to understand in writing from Yahweh’s hand, even all the works of this pattern.”
and they burn to Yahweh every morning and every evening burnt offerings and sweet incense. They also set the show bread in order on the pure table; and the lamp stand of gold with its lamps, to burn every evening; for we keep the instruction of Yahweh our God, but you have forsaken him.
Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
He said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I have seen, and behold, a lamp stand all of gold, with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are on the top of it;
who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, “See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.”
The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lamp stands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lamp stands are seven assemblies.