Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 4:20
the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records the final inventory of Solomon’s temple furnishings, noting the exact placement of the golden lampstands and their lamps.
The words — מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) denotes a prescribed regulation or ordinance, while דְּבִיר (debir) refers to the inner sanctuary or most holy room where the lamps burn.
The thread — The lampstand instructions echo Exodus 25:31 and Exodus 27:20, while the placement of ten gold lampstands in Solomon’s temple is detailed in 2 Chronicles 4:7.
Why it lands — The verse requires readers to recognize that worship in the sacred space operates under fixed divine specifications rather than human improvisation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
Cross-references
- Exodus 25:31 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.
- 2 Chronicles 4:7 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.
- Exodus 27:20 And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
- 1 Kings 6:5 Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
- 1 Kings 6:16 He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
- 1 Kings 8:6 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
- Psalms 28:2 Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.