Revelation 1:12

New American Bible - revised edition

Then I turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me, and when I turned, I saw seven gold lampstands

Cross References

Exodus 25:37

You shall then make seven lamps for it and so set up the lamps that they give their light on the space in front of the menorah.

Exodus 37:23

Its seven lamps, as well as its trimming shears and trays, were made of pure gold.

Micah 6:9

The Lord cries aloud to the city (It is prudent to fear your name!): Hear, O tribe and city assembly,

Zechariah 4:2

He said to me, “What do you see?” I replied, “I see a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on top of it. There are seven lamps on it, with seven spouts on each of the lamps that are on top of it.

Revelation 1:13

and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, wearing an ankle-length robe, with a gold sash around his chest.

Revelation 1:19

Write down, therefore, what you have seen, and what is happening, and what will happen afterwards.

Revelation 1:20

This is the secret meaning of the seven stars you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Revelation 2:1

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write this: “‘The one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks in the midst of the seven gold lampstands says this:

Revelation 4:1

After this I had a vision of an open door to heaven, and I heard the trumpetlike voice that had spoken to me before, saying, “Come up here and I will show you what must happen afterwards.”