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Zechariah 4:2

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a candlestick: Exodus 25:31-38, Exodus 37:17-24, Exodus 40:24-25; 1 Kings 7:49-50; 1 Chronicles 28:15; 2 Chronicles 4:7; 2 Chronicles 4:20-22, 2 Chronicles 13:11; Jeremiah 52:19; Matthew 5:14-16; Revelation 1:12, Revelation 1:20, Revelation 2:1

a bowl: Heb. her bowl, 1 Kings 7:50

seven: Exodus 25:37; Revelation 4:5

seven pipes to the seven lamps: or, seven several pipes to the lamps, etc. Zechariah 4:12

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