Revelation 1:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then I turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands,

Cross References

Exodus 25:37

You shall make seven lamps for it, and the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.

Exodus 37:23

He made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.

Micah 6:9

The voice of the Lord cries to the city (and he shall save those who fear his name): Hear, O tribe and assembly of the city!

Zechariah 4:2

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

Revelation 1:13

and in the midst of the lampstands I saw one like the Son of Man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash across his chest.

Revelation 1:19

Now write what you have seen, what is, and what is to take place after this.

Revelation 1:20

As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden 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: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands:

Revelation 4:1

After this I looked, and there in heaven a door stood open! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”