"Speakto Aaronand sayto him, 'When you mountthe lamps,the sevenlampswill givelightin the frontof the lampstand.'"
Your wordis a lampto my feetAnd a lightto my path.
The unfoldingof Your wordsgiveslight;It givesunderstandingto the simple.
"Then you shall makeits lampsseven[in number]; and they shall mountits lampsso as to shedlighton the spacein frontof it.
He madeits sevenlampswith its snuffersand its traysof puregold.
the pure[gold] lampstand,with its arrangementof lampsand allits utensils,and the oilfor the light;
He lightedthe lampsbeforethe LORD,justas the LORDhad commandedMoses.
To the lawand to the testimony!Ifthey do not speakaccording to thisword,it is becausethey havenodawn.
"He shall keepthe lampsin orderon the pure[gold] lampstandbeforethe LORDcontinually.
Then the LORDspoketo Moses,saying,
Aarontherefore didso;he mountedits lampsat the frontof the lampstand,justas the LORDhad commandedMoses.
"You are the lightof the world.A cityseton a hillcannotbe hidden;
There was the true Lightwhich,cominginto the world,enlightenseveryman.
[So] we havethe propheticword[made] more sure,to whichyou dowellto pay attentionas to a lampshiningin a darkplace,untilthe daydawnsand the morning stararisesin your hearts.
ThenI turnedto seethe voicethat was speakingwith me. And having turnedI sawsevengoldenlampstands;
"As for the mysteryof the sevenstarswhichyou sawin My right hand,and the sevengoldenlampstands:the sevenstarsare the angelsof the sevenchurches,and the sevenlampstandsare the sevenchurches.
Out from the thronecomeflashes of lightningand soundsand peals of thunder.And [there were] sevenlampsof fireburningbeforethe throne,whichare the sevenSpiritsof God;
