Then he set up the lamps before the <sc>Lordsc>, just as the <sc>Lordsc> had commanded Moses.p>

On the ceremonially pure lampstand<n id="1" /> he must arrange the lamps before the <sc>Lordsc> continually.p>

and the lamp of God had not yet been extinguished. Samuel was lying down in the temple of the <sc>Lordsc> as well; the ark of God was also there.

the pure gold lampstands and their lamps which burned as specified at the entrance to the inner sanctuary,

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;How often<n id="1" /> is the lamp of the wicked extinguished?p> <p class="poetry">How often does their<n id="2" /> misfortune come upon them?p> <p class="poetry">How often does God apportion pain<n id="3" /> to them<n id="4" /> in his anger?p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="1" /> you are my lamp, <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">My God<n id="3" /> illuminates the darkness around me.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the commandments<n id="1" /> are like<n id="2" /> a lamp,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">instruction is like a light,p> <p class="poetry">and rebukes of discipline are like<n id="4" /> the road leading to life,<n id="5" />p>

He asked me, &#8220;What do you see?&#8221; I replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top and seven lamps, with fourteen pipes going to the lamps.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;You are to command the Israelites that they bring<n id="1" /> to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, so that the lamps<n id="2" /> will burn<n id="3" /> regularly.<n id="4" />

&#8220;Command the Israelites to bring<n id="1" /> to you pure oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps to face toward the front of the lampstand, as the <sc>Lordsc> commanded Moses.

the pure gold lampstands at the entrance to the inner sanctuary (five on the right and five on the left), the gold flower-shaped ornaments, lamps, and tongs,

Nevertheless for David&#8217;s sake the <sc>Lordsc> his God maintained his dynasty<n id="1" /> in Jerusalem by giving him a son<n id="2" /> to succeed him<n id="3" /> and by protecting Jerusalem.<n id="4" />

But the <sc>Lordsc> was unwilling to destroy Judah. He preserved Judah for the sake of<n id="1" /> his servant David to whom he had promised a perpetual dynasty.<n id="2" />p>

They closed the doors of the temple porch and put out the lamps; they did not offer incense or burnt sacrifices in the sanctuary of the God of Israel.

I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in these lands.<n id="1" /> I will put an end to the sound of people grinding meal. I will put an end to lamps shining in their houses.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;They must take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand of the light, with its lamps, its wick-trimmers, its trays, and all its oil vessels, with which they service it.

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to David&#8217;s aid, striking the Philistine down and killing him. Then David&#8217;s men took an oath saying, &#8220;You will not go out to battle with us again! You must not extinguish the lamp of Israel!&#8221;p>

I will leave<n id="1" /> his son one tribe so my servant David&#8217;s dynasty may continue to serve me<n id="2" /> in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home.<n id="3" />

They offer burnt sacrifices to the <sc>Lordsc> every morning and every evening, along with fragrant incense. They arrange the Bread of the Presence on a ritually clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. Certainly<n id="1" /> we are observing the <sc>Lordsc> our God&#8217;s regulations, but you have rejected him.