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Setting Up the Tabernacle

Exodus 40:24

In 11 translations

BSB
He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle
KJV
¶ And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
WEB
He put the lamp stand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.
ASV
And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
LSV
And he puts the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the side of the Dwelling Place southward,
YLT
And he putteth the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over-against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward,
DBY
And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, opposite to the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
DRC40:22
He set the candlestick also in the tabernacle of the testimony over against the table on the south side,
GNV
Also he put the Candlesticke in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, ouer against the Table toward ye Southside of the Tabernacle.
JPS
And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
LXXE
And he put the candlestick into the tabernacle of witness, on the side of the tabernacle toward the south.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּ֤שֶׂם אֶת־הַמְּנֹרָה֙ בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד נֹ֖כַח הַשֻּׁלְחָ֑ן עַ֛ל יֶ֥רֶךְ הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן נֶֽגְבָּה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔθηκε τὴν λυχνίαν εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου, εἰς τὸ κλίτος τῆς σκηνῆς τὸ πρὸς Νότον.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • John 1:5The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
  • Psalms 119:105Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
  • John 8:12Once 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.”
  • Exodus 25:31–35Then 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. Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three…
  • John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
  • Revelation 2:5Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
  • John 1:9The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
  • Exodus 37:17–24Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals. Six branches extended from the sides, three on one side and three on the other. There were…
  • Exodus 26:35And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.
  • Revelation 1:20This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 40:22 in some Bibles
  • 40:24 in most Bibles
  • Mapping unverified: STEPBible TVTMS has rules for this verse in this edition's tradition that would place it elsewhere, but their tests did not match this edition.

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