Then make seven lamps [185] to go on the lampstand. These lamps will give light to the area in front of the lampstand.
Matthew 5:15 - Easy To Read Version And people don’t hide a light under a bowl. No. People put the light on a lamp table. Then the light shines for all the people in the house. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a peck measure, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. American Standard Version (1901) Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house. Common English Bible Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they put it on top of a lampstand, and it shines on all who are in the house. Catholic Public Domain Version And they do not light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that it may shine to all who are in the house. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house. |
Then make seven lamps [185] to go on the lampstand. These lamps will give light to the area in front of the lampstand.
“Tell Aaron to put the seven lamps in the place I showed you. Those lamps will light the area in front of the lampstand.”
Then Jesus said to them, “Do you take a lamp and hide it under a bowl or under a bed? No! You put the lamp on a lamp table.
“No person takes a light and puts it under a bowl or hides it. Instead, a person puts the light on a lamp table so that the people that come in can see.
If your whole body is full of light, and none of it is dark, then it will be all bright. It will be like you have the light of a lamp shining on you.”
“No person lights a lamp and then covers it with a bowl or hides it under a bed. Instead, that person puts the lamp on a lamp table so that the people that come in will have enough light to see.
Then you will be innocent and without anything wrong in you. You will be God’s children without fault. But you are living with evil people all around you who have become very bad. Among those people you shine like lights in the dark world.
This place was inside a tent. The first area in the tent was called the Holy Place. In the Holy Place were the lamp and the table with the special bread offered to God.
So remember where you were before you fell. Change your hearts and do the things you did at first. If you don’t change, I will come to you. I will take away your lampstand from its place.