The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,
the candlestick also for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light;
`And the candlestick for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light,
and the lamp-stand for the light, and its utensils, and its lamps, and the oil for the light;
Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
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The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture,.... The tongs and snuff dishes: and his lamps, with the oil for the light; the cups, in which were put the oil and the wicks to burn and give light, as Jarchi interprets them; of these see Exo 25:31.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk5
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 148:3Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
leads to
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
He made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever.
And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to…
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
The verses this one reaches5
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.
Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
