You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.
Matthew 5:15 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are 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. |
You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.
He said to me, *What do you see?* I said, *I have seen, and behold, a menorah all of gold, with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are on the top of it;
*Speak to Aharon, and tell him, 'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the menorah.'*
He said to them, *Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn't it put on a stand?
*No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.
If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.*
*No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.
that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
For a tabernacle was prepared. In the first part were the menorah, the table, and the show bread; which is called the Holy Place.
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 menorah out of its place, unless you repent.