Exodus 25:31 (WEB)
“You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. The lamp stand shall be made of hammered work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.
Fathers and councils · 2
Irenaeus of Lyons
“What of the candlestick, too, which had seven branches and seven lamps? while, if these had been made according to the type, it ought to have had eight branches and a like number of lamps, after the type of the primary Ogdoad, which shines pre-eminently among the Æons, and illuminates the whole Pleroma.” — editor's note: Ex. xxv. 31, etc.
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Basil the Great
“The word of truth has, however, frequently used this term in the case of the material, as when it says “Thou shalt make an ark of incorruptible wood;” and “Thou shalt make the candlestick of pure gold;” and “The first man is of the earth, earthy;” and “Thou art formed out of clay as I am.”” — editor's note: Ex. xxv. 31.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 3.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 3.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 3.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 3.