11 Bible Verses about Candles

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Matthew 5:15

And a burning light is not put under a vessel, but on its table; so that its rays may be shining on all who are in the house.

Nehemiah 9:11-13

By you the sea was parted before them, so that they went through the sea on dry land; and those who went after them went down into the deep, like a stone into great waters. And you went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way they were to go. And you came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders:

Psalm 18:28

You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.

Luke 11:33-35

No man, when the light has been lighted, puts it in a secret place, or under a vessel, but on its table, so that those who come in may see the light. The light of the body is the eye: when your eye is true, all your body is full of light; but when it is evil, your body is dark. So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.

Genesis 15:17

Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.

Exodus 25:31-40

And you are to make a support for lights, of the best gold; its base and its pillar are to be of hammered gold; its cups, its buds, and its flowers are to be made of the same metal. It is to have six branches coming out from its sides; three branches from one side and three from the other. Every branch having three cups made like almond flowers, every cup with a bud and a flower, on all the branches.read more.
And on the pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower: And under every two branches a bud, made with the branch, for all the six branches of it. The buds and the branches are to be made of the same metal; all together one complete work of hammered gold. Then you are to make its seven vessels for the lights, putting them in their place so that they give light in front of it. And the instruments and trays for use with it are all to be of the best gold. A talent of gold will be needed for it, with all these vessels. And see that you make them from the design which you saw on the mountain.

Exodus 27:20

Give orders to the children of Israel to give you clear olive oil for the lights, so that a light may be burning there at all times.

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