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Reference: Candlestick (2)
Smith
Candlestick,
in
is merely a lamp-stand, made in various forms, to hold up the simple Oriental hand-lamps.
Candlestick,
in
is merely a lamp-stand, made in various forms, to hold up the simple Oriental hand-lamps.
Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a peck measure, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.
And He said to them, Is the lamp brought in to be put under a peck measure or under a bed, and not [to be put] on the lampstand?