Parallel Verses

Amplified

Then you shall make the lamps [of the lampstand] seven in number [with one lamp at the top of the shaft]. The priests shall set up its seven lamps so that they will light the space in front of it.

New American Standard Bible

Then you shall make its lamps seven in number; and they shall mount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it.

King James Version

And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.

Holman Bible

“Make seven lamps on it. Its lamps are to be set up so they illuminate the area in front of it.

International Standard Version

"You are to make seven lamps for it, and its lamps are to be mounted so as to give light in front of it.

A Conservative Version

And thou shall make the lamps of it, seven. And they shall light the lamps of it, to give light opposite it.

American Standard Version

And thou shalt make the lamps thereof, seven: and they shall light the lamps thereof, to give light over against it.

Bible in Basic English

Then you are to make its seven vessels for the lights, putting them in their place so that they give light in front of it.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof, and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may shine out before it;

Julia Smith Translation

And make its seven lights: and raise up its lights to give light over against its face.

King James 2000

And you shall make its seven lamps : and they shall light its lamps, that they may give light in front of it.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And you will make its seven lamps, and its lamps will be set up, and it will give light {in the space in front of it}.

Modern King James verseion

And you shall make the seven lamps of it. And one shall light the lamps of it, so that they may give light on its face.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And thou shalt make seven lamps and put them on high thereon, to give light unto the other side that is over against it:

NET Bible

"You are to make its seven lamps, and then set its lamps up on it, so that it will give light to the area in front of it.

New Heart English Bible

You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.

The Emphasized Bible

And thou shalt make the lamps thereof seven, and one shall light up its lamps, and it shall give light, over against the face thereof.

Webster

And thou shalt make its seven lamps: and they shall light its lamps, that they may give light over against it.

World English Bible

You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.

Youngs Literal Translation

and thou hast made its seven lamps, and one hath caused its lights to go up, and it hath given light over-against its front.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And thou shalt make

Usage: 0

the seven
שׁבעה שׁבע 
Sheba` 
Usage: 395

נרה נר ניר נר ניר 
Niyr 
Usage: 48

עלה 
`alah 
Usage: 890

the lamps
נרה נר ניר נר ניר 
Niyr 
Usage: 48

Context Readings

Instructions For Making A Table And A Lampstand

36 Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold. 37 Then you shall make the lamps [of the lampstand] seven in number [with one lamp at the top of the shaft]. The priests shall set up its seven lamps so that they will light the space in front of it. 38 Its snuffers and their trays shall be of pure gold.



Cross References

Numbers 8:2

“Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up and light the lamps, the seven lamps will shine in front of the lampstand.’”

Exodus 27:21

In the Tent of Meeting [of God with His people], outside the veil which is in front of the [ark of the] Testimony [and sets it apart], Aaron [the high priest] and his sons shall keep the lamp burning from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a perpetual statute [to be observed] throughout their generations on behalf of the Israelites.

Leviticus 24:2-4

“Command the children of Israel to bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light [of the golden lampstand], to make a lamp burn continually.

2 Chronicles 13:11

Every morning and every evening they offer the burnt offerings and the fragrant incense to the Lord; and the showbread is set on the clean table [of pure gold], and the golden lampstand with its lamps is ready to light every evening; for we keep the charge of the Lord our God [that is, the obligation we have to Him], but you have abandoned (turned away from) Him.

Exodus 30:8

When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.

Exodus 37:23

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

Exodus 40:24

Then he put the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.

Psalm 119:105

Nun.
Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.

Proverbs 6:23


For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching [of the law] is light,
And reproofs (rebukes) for discipline are the way of life,

Isaiah 8:20

[Direct those people] to the law and to the testimony! If their teachings are not in accord with this word, it is because they have no dawn.

Zechariah 4:2

He said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with its bowl [for oil] on the top of it and its seven lamps on it with seven spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it.

Matthew 5:14

“You are the light of [Christ to] the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;

Luke 1:79


To shine upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
To guide our feet [in a straight line] into the way of peace and serenity.”

John 1:9

There it was—the true Light [the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light] which, coming into the world, enlightens everyone.

John 8:12

Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

John 12:5

“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and [the money] given to the poor?”

Acts 26:18

to open their [spiritual] eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness and release from their sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified (set apart, made holy) by faith in Me.’

Revelation 1:4

John, to the seven churches that are in [the province of] Asia: Grace [be granted] to you and peace [inner calm and spiritual well-being], from Him Who is [existing forever] and Who was [continually existing in the past] and Who is to come, and from the seven Spirits that are before His throne,

Revelation 1:12

Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw seven golden lampstands;

Revelation 1:20-1

As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels (divine messengers) of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Revelation 4:5

From the throne came flashes of lightning and [rumbling] sounds and peals of thunder. Seven lamps of fire were burning in front of the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God;

Revelation 21:23-25

And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon to give light to it, for the glory (splendor, radiance) of God has illumined it, and the Lamb is its lamp and light.

Revelation 22:5

And there will no longer be night; they have no need for lamplight or sunlight, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign [as kings] forever and ever.

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