CANDLESTICK

- A part of household furniture 2Ki 4:10 - USED FOR HOLDING . Candles or torches Mt 5:15 . Lamps Ex 25:31,37; Zec 4:2 - FOR THE TABERNACLE . Form, Ex 25:31-36; 37:17-22 . Held seven golden lamps Ex 25:37; 37:23 . Had snuffers, Ex 25:38; 37:23 . Weighed a talent of gold Ex 25:39 . After a divine pattern Ex 25:40; Nu 8:4 . Called the lamp of God 1Sa 3:3 . Called the pure candlestick Le 24:4 . Placed in the outer sanctuary over against the table Ex 40:24; Heb 9:2 . Lighted with olive oil Ex 27:20; Le 24:2 . Lighted Ex 27:21; Le 24:3,4 . Directions for removing Nu 4:9,10 - ILLUSTRATIVE Of . Christ Zec 4:2; Joh 8:12; Heb 9:2 . The church Re 1:13,20 . Ministers Mt 5:14-16

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In the tabernacle, the golden candlestick stood on the left hand of one entering the Holy Place, opposite the table of showbread. It consisted of a pedestal; an upright shaft; six arms, three on one side and three on the opposite side of the shaft; and seven lamps surmounting the shaft and arms. The arms were adorned with three kinds of carved ornaments, called cups, globes, and blossoms. Its lamps were supplied with pure olive oil, and lighted every evening, Ex 25:31-40 30:7,8 37:17-24 Le 24:1-3 1Sa 3:3 2Ch 13:11. In the first temple there were ten candelabra of pure gold, half of them standing on the north, and half on the south side, within the Holy Place, 1Ki 7:49,50 2Ch 4:7 Jer 52:19. In the second temple there was but one, resembling that of the tabernacle. This was carried to Rome, on the destruction of Jerusalem; it was lodged in Vespasian’s temple to Peace, and copied on the triumphal arch of Titus, where its mutilated image is yet to be seen. See the beautiful and significant visions of the candlestick by Zechariah and John, Zec 4:2-12 Re 1:12,20.

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Candlestick. Candlestick
The lamp-stand, “candelabrum,” which Moses was commanded to make for the tabernacle, according to the pattern shown him. Its form is described in Ex. 25:31-40; 37:17-24, and may be seen represented on the Arch of Titus at Rome. It was among the spoils taken by the Romans from the temple of Jerusalem (A.D. 70). It was made of fine gold, and with the utensils belonging to it was a talent in weight.

The tabernacle was a tent without windows, and thus artificial light was needed. This was supplied by the candlestick, which, however, served also as a symbol of the church or people of God, who are “the light of the world.” The light which “symbolizes the knowledge of God is not the sun or any natural light, but an artificial light supplied with a specially prepared oil; for the knowledge of God is in truth not natural nor common to all men, but furnished over and above nature.”

This candlestick was placed on the south side of the Holy Place, opposite the table of shewbread (Ex. 27:21; 30:7, 8; Lev. 24:3; 1 Sam. 3:3). It was lighted every evening, and was extinguished in the morning. In the morning the priests trimmed the seven lamps, borne by the seven branches, with golden snuffers, carrying away the ashes in golden dishes (Ex. 25:38), and supplying the lamps at the same time with fresh oil. What ultimately became of the candlestick is unknown.

In Solomon’s temple there were ten separate candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right and five on the left of the Holy Place (1 Kings 7:49; 2 Chr. 4:7). Their structure is not mentioned. They were carried away to Babylon (Jer. 52:19).

In the temple erected after the Exile there was again but one candlestick, and like the first, with seven branches. It was this which was afterwards carried away by Titus to Rome, where it was deposited in the Temple of Peace. When Genseric plundered Rome, he is said to have carried it to Carthage (A.D. 455). It was recaptured by Belisarius (A.D. 533), and carried to Constantinople and thence to Jerusalem, where it finally disappeared.

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CANDLESTICK. → OF THE TABERNACLE
* Made after divine pattern Ex 25:31-40; 37:17-24; Nu 8:4
* Place of Ex 26:35; 40:24,25; Heb 9:2
* Furniture of Ex 25:38; 37:23; Nu 4:9,10
* Burned every night Ex 27:20,21
* Trimmed every morning Ex 30:7
* Carried by Kohathites Nu 4:4,15
* Called THE LAMP OF GOD 1Sa 3:3

→ OF THE TEMPLE
* Ten branches of 1Ki 7:49,50
* Of gold 1Ch 28:15; 2Ch 4:20
* Taken with other spoils to Babylon Jer 52:19

→ SYMBOLICAL Zec 4:2,11; Re 1:12,13,20; 2:5; 11:4

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Ex 25:31; 26:35; 27:20; Nu 8:2; Re 1:12; 2:5

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candlestick. Candlestick, n. an instsrument that holds candles

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Can″dle‐stick′ (?), n. [[AS. candel-sticca; candel candle + sticca stick.]] An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle.