2 Chronicles 4:7

⁵ It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.

⁶ He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.

He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.

⁸ Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.

⁹ He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
KJV: And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
WEB: He made the ten lamp stands of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left.
ASV: And he made the ten candlesticks of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
DARBY: And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to the ordinance respecting them, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left.
BLB: And he made ten lampstands of gold according to their ordinance and set [them] in the temple, five on the right and five on the left.

ÅB: Videre gjorde han ti gull-lysestaker etter den foreskrevne form og satte dem i det Hellige, fem på høyre og fem på venstre side.
OTB: Så laget han de ti gull lampestakene i samsvar med deres spesifikasjoner,
og han plasserte dem i tempelet: fem på høyre side og fem på venstre.
B1930: Videre gjorde han ti gull-lysestaker efter den foreskrevne form og satte dem i det Hellige, fem på høire og fem på venstre side.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 25:31–40
Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
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1 Kings 7:49
the lampstands of pure gold in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right side and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs;
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John 8:12
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
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1 Chronicles 28:12
The plans contained everything David had in mind for the courts of the house of the LORD, for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the house of God and of the dedicated things,
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Zechariah 4:11–14
Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”
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1 Chronicles 28:19
“All this,” said David, “all the details of this plan, the LORD has made clear to me in writing by His hand upon me.”
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Zechariah 4:2–3
“What do you see?” he asked. “I see a solid gold lampstand,” I replied, “with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps.
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Hebrews 8:5
The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
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