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The New Topical Textbook
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Reuben Archer Torrey
• 1 min. read • grade level: 13
A part of household furniture. 2 Kin. 4:10.
USED FOR HOLDING
Candles or torches. Mat. 5:15. Lamps.
Exo. 25:31, 37
31
And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. (Exodus 25:31)
37
And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. (Exodus 25:37)
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Zec. 4:2
2
And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: (Zechariah 4:2)
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FOR THE TABERNACLE
Form, &c. of.
Exo. 25:31-36
31
And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
32
And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:
33
Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
34
And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
35
And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
36
Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. (Exodus 25:31‑36)
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Exo. 37:17-22
17
And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:
18
And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
19
Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
20
And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
21
And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.
22
Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold. (Exodus 37:17‑22)
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Held seven golden lamps.
Exo. 25:37
37
And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. (Exodus 25:37)
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Exo. 37:23
23
And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold. (Exodus 37:23)
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Had snuffers, &c. of gold.
Exo. 25:38
38
And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. (Exodus 25:38)
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Exo. 37:23
23
And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold. (Exodus 37:23)
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Weighed a talent of gold.
Exo. 25:39
39
Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. (Exodus 25:39)
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After a divine pattern.
Exo. 25:40
40
And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was showed thee in the mount. (Exodus 25:40)
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Num. 8:4
4
And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the Lord had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick. (Numbers 8:4)
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Called the lamp of God.
1 Sam. 3:3
3
And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; (1 Samuel 3:3)
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Called the pure candlestick.
Lev. 24:4
4
He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the Lord continually. (Leviticus 24:4)
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Placed in the outer sanctuary over against the table.
Exo. 40:24
24
And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. (Exodus 40:24)
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Heb. 9:2
2
For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the sanctuary. (Hebrews 9:2)
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Lighted with olive oil.
Exo. 27:20
20
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. (Exodus 27:20)
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Lev. 24:2
2
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. (Leviticus 24:2)
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Lighted &c. by priests.
Exo. 27:21
21
In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. (Exodus 27:21)
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Lev. 24:3, 4
3
Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the Lord continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.
4
He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the Lord continually. (Leviticus 24:3‑4)
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Directions for removing.
Num. 4:9, 10
9
And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
10
And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. (Numbers 4:9‑10)
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ILLUSTRATIVE OF
Christ.
Zec. 4:2
2
And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: (Zechariah 4:2)
. John. 8:12.
Heb. 9:2
2
For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the sanctuary. (Hebrews 9:2)
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The church.
Rev. 1:13, 20
13
And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. (Revelation 1:13)
20
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. (Revelation 1:20)
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Ministers. Mat. 5:14-16.
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