If you will take your Bibles
now and turn with me to Exodus 25, our subject tonight is going
to be the candlestick. Exodus chapter 25 beginning with
verse 31. And thou shalt make a candlestick
of pure gold, of beaten work, shall the candlestick be made.
His shaft and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers
shall be of the same. And six branches shall come out
of the sides of it, three branches of the candlestick out of the
one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the
other side. Three bowls made like unto almonds
with a knop and a flower in one branch, and three bowls made
like almonds in the other branch with a knop and a flower. So
in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. And in
the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds
with their knops and their flowers. And there shall be a knop under
two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of
the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according
to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. Their knops and their branches
shall be of the same." All, and if you'll notice, some of those
words are in italics there, that means they were put there to
make it read a little smoother. But if you take them out, I think
it reads even smoother than it does. I'll read it with them
in there. All it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. And thou shalt make the seven
lamps thereof, and they shall light the lamps thereof, that
they may give light over against it. And the tongs thereof, and
the snuff dishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. Of a talent
of pure gold shall he make it with all these vessels." Now,
just hold your place there for a second. I want to give you
some idea about the size of this candlestick. A talent, according
to the weight and measures of the tabernacle. Now, the general
measurement was a talent weighed 60 pounds. But a talent of the
sanctuary was double that. It was 120 pounds. This candlestick
was made of one solid block of gold, 120 pounds. To give you some idea of the
value of this candlestick, in the 1800s, when gold was hardly
worth anything, it was worth $600,000 in U.S. coins. in the 1800s. That will give
you some idea of the value and of the weight and size of this
lamp. Well into the millions today. Alright, now go back to verse
40. And He said, And look that thou
make them after the pattern which was showed thee in the mount. He's talking to Moses here. telling him, I showed you a pattern
in the mount when you was with me. And you see to it that this
lamp is made after that pattern. And the careful reading of Hebrews
chapter 9, it's just an utter impossibility for me to take
you through all the scriptures that I read in three days in
a single lesson. And you're familiar enough with
Hebrews chapter 9 But a careful reading of Hebrews chapter 9
ought to be sufficient to confirm what I've been saying to you
about the tabernacle and the priesthood and the ceremonial
worship of Israel being a type and figure of the Lord Jesus
Christ, a type also of His church and of the redemption that He
accomplished. And these objects ordained of
God in these services that they were commanded to do, the Holy
Ghost, Hebrews 9, verse 8, signified to them. He signified to them
through these types. He signified to them through
these pictures and through these types that the way into the holiest
of all was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was
yet standing. In other words, what he told
them through these things, what he signified, the Holy Ghost.
He is the author of this book. And he signified through all
of these things that this was not the way, this was just a
picture of the way. This was a testimony of the way. This was a type, a figure, pointing
forward to that time. Listen to this. Verse 9, Hebrews
chapter 9, which was a figure for the time then present. A
figure for that time, for those people. Verse 23, it was therefore
necessary that the what? What's that say?
Patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these,
but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Verse 24, for Christ is not entered into the holy places made with
hands, listen now, which are figures, figures of the truth. They are figures
of the truth, but into heaven itself now to appear in the presence
of God for us. Now tonight we are going to look
at the candlestick. There were three pieces of furniture.
in what is called the sanctuary, the sanctuary of the congregation.
There's three pieces of furniture inside this. You remember I described
it for you. It's a big rectangular. It would
look similar to this. I think the boards was a little
higher than this. And they were solid gold, overlaid
wood with gold. And they put together and then
had rods and things that held them in place. And they put that
together. And then there was a big heavy veil that separated
the front part of the tabernacle from the back. The first part
was the holy place. That was the sanctuary. That's
where the priests, the common priests, would come in there
and minister and do their service to the Lord and burn incense
and all the things that they were commanded to do. The back
part was for the high priest alone. He entered in there one
time a year, not without blood. which he offered for himself
and for the people. But in this front portion, in
this sanctuary, was three pieces of furniture. The table of showbread
that we talked about last week and all of its utensils and things
that went with it, I'm not really sure what all those things are
about. I looked up this past week just out of my own curiosity.
I run down in my Strong's Concordance every reference to spoons, spoons,
bowls, dishes, plates, all the way through the scriptures, and
there's some interesting things when you get on into Jeremiah
and Ezekiel and these prophets who go back and speak of those
things in picture, but nothing really tells you what they were
for. It never really tells you what they were for. The spoons,
I found something interesting on them that they were, they
gave the measurement form over in Numbers, I think it is, or
Deuteronomy. They gave the measurements, how
much they weighed. And each time it mentioned the
spoons, it said, and they were full of spice. So that kind of
hints, you remember I told you this bread, the show bread was
an offering before the Lord. And they were to take frankincense,
pure frankincense, and sprinkle it on the bread. And so maybe
that's what those spoons were for. I don't know. I just don't
know. But anyway, there was a table
of showbread and it sat on the north end of the tabernacle. And then tonight we are going
to talk about the candlestick and it was right straight across
the room from it on the south side. Facing the table of showbread
was this candlestick. And then there was a golden altar
that was right up before the veil, before you went under the
veil. There was a golden altar there. looks to have been about
so high, about waist high. And that's where incense was
put. It wasn't that altar inside the
Holy of Holies, but it was a golden altar that sat before the veil
and the common priest would offer certain types of incense and
things in this altar, according to the service that they did. So let me just give you some
things here tonight to maybe strike some interest in these
things about the candlestick. We can talk about first where
it was. It said it was located on the
south side of the sanctuary facing the table of showbread, which
cast light upon that bread. It cast light upon that bread,
and it also cast light on on the way to that altar, to that
golden altar, it lit the way to that altar of incense which
stood before the veil. It lit the way to the veil, that
way that that high priest must go when he goes beyond that veil. This was the only light inside
the tabernacle. And where it was, was Arthur
Pinck said this. He gave several things. He gave
several scriptures. I don't want to get too far off
the beaten path here tonight. But he mentioned that these directions,
if you go through scripture, have meanings. And that north
side where the table was, north seems to represent judgment. And so you see, our bread who
satisfied the judgment of God sits on the north side. We go
in there and we look toward the judgment of God and we see it
satisfied in Christ. And that's our bread. We eat
that, that sacrifice. This take eat, he said, this
is my body which is broken for you. And then south seems to
always represent illumination and light and revelation all
through the scripture. And he gave eight or nine scriptures,
and he's right. Each time it mentions that direction,
it has to do with illumination and revelation and things of
that sort. So now you find the light on
the south side shining back here toward the judgment of God and
that bread of Christ which satisfied that judgment. And then it shines
the way. the way that judgment was satisfied. It shines the way beyond that
veil. That's where it was satisfied. That's where the offering was
poured out. And then over in Numbers chapter
8 verse 2, and I'll come back to this a little bit later on,
but it was placed in such a way as to give light upon itself.
The candlestick gave light against itself, it tells you that, as
well as on the table and upon the veil. And then secondly,
let's look at the candlestick itself. As I told you a while ago, it was
built out of a solid block of gold, beaten by the hand of a
man whom God said he gifted, with the understanding and the
talent to fashion it. I don't know why. I looked at
that man's name. It's very hard to pronounce.
It's Bazaliel is how I'm looking at it. I kept looking at that name and
I thought, I'm going to look that up just out of curiosity,
see what that meant. This is the man whom God gifted
to fashion all of these things. So it had to be a significant,
something significant about it because he's the one who fashioned
this candlestick. Out of one solid, he took a hammer
and whatever other tools was required and he made this candlestick
all out of one piece of gold. with a hammer and whatever tools
he had and hammered that thing out the way metal workers do
and make these things. And all this artwork on it and
all that crown on that table and all that crown up on the
Ark of the Covenant and all these altars and staves overlaid with
gold. This man did all the work in
that tabernacle. He was a master craftsman, this
man. If you look at it, you've got
to look up two references to find out what it means. But the
last part of his name there, you see that E-L-L? That always stands for Almighty
God. That's his name in the Scripture,
Almighty God. And then the first part of that
means shadow. So this man was a shadow in his
name. He was a shadow. of the Almighty
who made all things, who worketh all things after the counsel
of his own will. He is the master builder. He
is the master craftsman of this tabernacle. He's called the shadow
of the Almighty. And then think about this. in
giving this man's name. Now, his mother didn't sit down
and his father and said, you know, someday Moses is going
to command us to build a tabernacle, so we better pick out a special
name. No, God in His providence called them to give him that
name for whatever reason. And then God separated him and
gave him the talent to do this, and the will to do it, and the
patience to do it. And he did it. And God's name,
that's what I want you to see. God's name, the Almighty's name
is declared throughout everything this man did. God's name is declared
through all this tabernacle, through all this making of the
candlestick and the altars and all those things. Now, the candlestick
consisted of a shaft. stood upon some kind of a base,
and it ran all the way to the top. So, here's the first thing
I want you to kind of picture in your mind when you think about
this candlestick is, I don't know how big a round it was,
but it was one piece that ran all the way to the top. Now,
it had some things, it had some knops, and you just keep seeing
that word knop, and sooner or later somebody's going to say,
what's a knop? Well, if you've ever seen a column on a church
building or on a courthouse or something, when you look up there
at the top, you see a big fancy crown on top? That's a knop.
That's what a knop is. And on this candlestick, it had
knops. It had knops in places where
the branches came out. It had knops up on the ends of
them, and it had knops all different places. It talked about them
as I read it to you there a while ago. But this thing had a centerpiece
that ran all the way up. And then out of the sides came
seven branches. They came out of the side and
all of the things that I've seen representative of it show it
coming out and arching up. I can't find that anywhere in
the scripture where it says it might have come out and went
up like that. I don't know how it went up. But anyway, they
show it coming out and bending around and coming up. And this
is all from Jewish historians and things of that nature. And
then it had two more above that, and they came out and went up,
and then two more above that, and they came out and went up.
So you had these six branches coming up, and then you had this
center stem up here, and they all had a bowl on them. And then
this bowl was brought in olive oil. And then it had a wick,
and it had some kind of a piece on there that the wick went in,
and they lit that, and it burnt just like an oil lamp. And so
the word candlestick is really kind of deceptive. No candles on it. It was a lamp. And some of the writers make
a big deal out of that. But these branches and things
come out of there. Now, six I know is the number
of man and seven is the number of perfections. And so what I
see in this thing is the whole church of God represented in
Christ. That's what I see. I see God's
elect, all these men that He's chosen from eternity. I see them
all represented in these six branches. And then I see Christ
in the center. Christ in the center. He's the
shack. It's clearly the teaching of
Holy Scripture that this lamp represents the Church of Christ
in this world. You don't have to look this up,
but if you're taking notes, I'm going to give you some things
now from Revelation chapter 1. You remember when John saw our
Lord in his vision, what was he doing? He was walking among
the candlesticks. Remember that? He walked among
the candlesticks. And there were seven of them
that John saw. And he said at the end of that,
in verse 20, he said that these were representation of the seven
churches. So we don't have to wonder what
this candlestick is all about. It tells us right here in Revelation.
The church of Christ or its earthly assemblies are one with Christ.
Their light is His light. Our Lord said, Ye are the light
of the world. A city set upon a hill cannot
be hid. Neither do men light a candle
and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it giveth
light unto all that are in the house. And nobody outside the house
hath any light. It giveth light to all that's
in the house. What house? His house. His house. And the light given
by the candlestick or lampstand is not from a wax candle, but
from the oil of beaten olives. The people were to take olives
and beat them until they brought forth this oil, this fine oil. And they were to strain it and
to bring it down and give it to the priest. And the priest
would take it in At certain times of the day, they'd trim that
wick and do all the things that you do to a lamp, put more oil
in it, and then they'd relight it and it'd burn some more. But
this, to me, represents the work of the Holy Spirit in us which
radiates the light of Christ. And it was a work also for those
without who were told to bring this oil and brought it to the
priest to be put in the lamp. And this tells me that the Holy
Spirit works both in the hearts of His elect on the outside,
bringing them in, as He does with those who are on the inside,
serving those who are without. You see how that picture is there?
I think this is just such a beautiful picture of Christ and His church. He works in the hearts of His
elect, bringing them to Christ. and then teaching them once he
brings them into Christ, and preserving them unto the day
of Jesus Christ. And then I want you to think
a little bit about what this lamp looks like. I don't know
if you paid attention as I read through there in Exodus a while
ago. I've read this a hundred times in the last three days.
So I've got it fixed on my mind, and I'm not going to come in
here and just assume in one reading that you picked up on all these
details. But I want to talk a little bit about what it looked like.
It's shaped like an olive branch. If you look on there, it'll tell
you that. Talks about its leaves and it
talks about its, the almonds. I mean an almond branch. I'm
sorry, not olive branch, an almond branch. And one writer suggested
that these knops may have represented those rounded unopened bud of
this tree. It might have represented that
bud, that round bud, this knop. And if it did, and you take that
together with the other ornaments described on this thing, then
it at least suggests something about the three stages of the
fruit of the tree. Now, turn with me to Numbers
chapter 17. It would be representative of
the bud, and of the blossoms, and of the fruit itself. All
pictured on this candlestick. Now there was a time when Aaron's
place, now here in Exodus, we're talking about the building, the
making of this lamp. Now we're over here in Numbers
sometime later, the tabernacle was being used and they were
going in and practicing these things and so on. And there was
a time when Aaron's place and his priestly authority were brought
into question, that which God had ordained commanded was questioned
by worldly reason and logic. And Moses brought the issue. Aaron came to Moses and brought
the issue to him. And Moses and Aaron both went
before the Lord with it. And the Lord said, here's what
we're going to do. He said, every tribe is going
to bring to me a rod. A rod. And this almond rod, they're
going to bring it to me. And I'm going to take it in,
Aaron is, and he's going to lay it before the Ark of the Testimony. All 12 rods he's going to lay
there. So here it is, Numbers 17, verse
8. Here's what happened. And it came to pass that on the
morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and behold the rod
of Aaron, for the house of Levi was budded, and it brought forth
buds, and bloomed, blossomed, and yielded
almonds. And Moses said, Bring that rod
to me, and I'm going to put it in the ark. And God commanded
that these buds and these blossoms and this almond on that almond
branch to be preserved in the Ark of the Testament. And that
went in there right beside the law that He gave Him of the Ten
Commandments. So that at least suggests the
picture of this thing with its almonds and its blossoms and
its knops and all these things. It's representative of that priesthood
of Christ. which Peter said, He's made us
kings and priests under our God. But listen to this. Keep this
in mind and just listen. I'm talking about that candlestick
being a picture of the church and of Christ, and we're one
with Him. We don't have any light except
the light He gives us. But we have light because He
gave us light. Listen to this, John 15, verse
1. He said, I am the true vine. Can you picture that in that
candlestick? Here's that vine, that center stem. I'm the vine. You are the branches. You're
the branches. Here's the six branches coming
out of that candlestick. Every branch in me that bringeth
not forth fruit, that beareth not fruit, he taketh away. And every branch that beareth
fruit, he purgeth it that it may bring forth more fruit. Verse
4, abide in me and I in you as the branch cannot bear fruit
of itself except it abide in the vine. No more can you except
you abide in me. Christ and His church are one. And He's picturing that in this
lampstand. The almond being the chosen rod
of God speaks of the resurrection of Christ. So when we're looking
at this lampstand and we're looking at this light, we're looking
at the light of the resurrection of Christ. There'd be no bread
except He was resurrected. There'd be no reason for an altar
of incense except He'd been resurrected. There'd be no way that a priest
could enter into that sanctuary except He was resurrected. So
all this light here in this candlestick, it all represents the resurrected
Christ. And so you see the significance
now of the almond and the buds and so on that are represented
in this light. Christ becomes the light of the
church as He took His place at the right hand of the Father
and sent the Blessed Comforter into the world and upon His church
to testify of the benefits accomplished in the holy place not made with
hands. Peter said this at Pentecost
concerning the Spirit of the living God. I'm still talking
about this light. And I'm talking about how it
represents the resurrection of Christ. And listen to what Peter
tells me. This is on Pentecost. This is
right after the Spirit of God had came forth from Christ and
was poured out upon His church. He says in verse 32, This Jesus
hath God raised up, whereof we are all witnesses. Therefore,
being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received
of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, He has shed forth
this which you now see and hear." That is how that Spirit can be
poured into that light and bring forth light into this world because
of His benefits, His accomplished redemption, and His exaltation
to the right hand of God. It is by the light of this candlestick
alone that the inward glory of the tabernacle could be seen.
There are no windows in the tabernacle. No windows. We coming here, we
had a few windows Sunday morning. We didn't have no electricity.
It was dark. And I was up here doing this,
trying to read my notes. But imagine going in that tabernacle
where there were no windows. And those thick, heavy bales
hanging down. And you went in there, it was
pitch dark. It was like going in a cave. You couldn't see anything.
Except for this light. Except for this light. There
was no natural light in the tabernacle. You think about that. Just the
light that God ordained. By this light, the bread was
placed on the table. and it was understood what it
was for and eaten. By this light, the golden altar
was seen before the veil and understood and the incense poured
out upon it. By this light, the presence of
God was confirmed and rejoiced in and understood. All that was done in the sanctuary
was done in the light of this candlestick. Everything. There wasn't any light anywhere
else. Just that candlestick. In 1 Timothy 3.15, Paul said
he gave them instructions on how to behave or how to serve
the Lord in the house of God. He said, which is the church
of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. What
truth? The truth concerning all the
great mysteries of godliness. God manifest in the flesh, justified
in the spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed
on in the world, and received up into glory. The only light,
effectual light, light of worship, light of life, light of love,
and light of service is in the church of the living God. There
is no light outside His church. None. Those not chosen of God
and brought into this light walk in darkness. They walk in darkness. It wasn't those people inside
the sanctuary come up with all these ideas about Moses and Aaron
having too much authority. Where'd that come from? That
come from out there where there wasn't any light. They walked
in darkness. And they walked in what seemed
right under them. Even the light, our Lord said,
that they profess to have is just darkness. And He said, if
the light that be in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness.
The light of God burned night and day to show us that without
is always darkness. Now, there's five things significant
about the candlestick which kind of tie everything that I have
said to you tonight together. First of all is the fact that
it was made from beaten gold. The beaten lamp of pure gold
shows us the sufferings of Christ and the glory of His resurrection,
and also the sufferings of His people and the glory that is
revealed in them. They are truly seated with Him
and one with Him in the And this candlestick, secondly, was all
one. Christ and His church are one. You'll never have any peace until
you enter into an understanding of that. I am one with Him. If I try to separate myself from
Him, there's nothing but judgment, nothing but doubt, nothing but
fear, nothing but trouble, nothing but heartache. But seeing myself
in Him, I'm blessed. If God blesses you, He blesses
you with all spiritual blessings, all of them. He doesn't just
give you one, and then He likes this one a little better, so
He gives him two. No, we're heirs of all spiritual
blessings in Christ. We're one with Him. I couldn't
tell you how many times here in this chapter that He says
in that branch and its knop and its bowl of the same, and this
knop and this branch and this bowl of the same. I read it to
you while ago. He says it like five or six times. They're all the same. They're
all the same. In Revelation, each church is
called a candlestick, which at the very least hints of the oneness
of which they all pictured as they were in that lamp. And though
they were all separate, with separate pastors, and separated
by great distances, yet they were one lamp. They all preached
the same gospel. They all shed the same light.
And then thirdly, there were seven bowls that were lighted,
showing us the completeness or sufficiency of the light. Each
had its own oil, but all the same oil. Each had its own design,
but all the same design. And each hammered out individually,
but all having the same appearance. In the Scriptures it tells us
in the New Testament there is one body, one spirit, all called
in one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
one God and Father of all who is above all, through all, and
in you all. One light. One light. And then fourthly, this light
being in the holy place tells us that its light is hidden from
this world. The only way you could see this
light is to be called to the priesthood. That's the only way
you could go in. The common man had to stop at
the gate, gave his oil to the priest, and the priest took the
oil in. He had to stop outside. The only
way you could see this light is to be called to the priesthood. I don't know. I preach to men
and try to talk to men in different places and preach the gospel.
And they want to argue and talk about, well, I can reason as
good as you can. I can read as good as you can
or better. I have a better understanding
of words than you do. You mean to tell me I can't read?
That's what I'm telling you. There ain't no light outside
this tabernacle. The only people who can see this
light are those called to the priesthood. There is a natural light and
a spiritual light. Where spiritual light is preeminent,
natural light is prohibited. He didn't mix the light. This
was a pure light. It had one source. And that light
outside had one source. And where natural light is preeminent,
spiritual light is prohibited. God didn't allow His light to
shine outside that tabernacle. That's where it shines. Natural
light looks on things that are seen, temporary things, things
that come and go. Spiritual light looks on things
not seen, things eternal in the heavens. Spiritual light rejoices
in the fact that if this earthly tabernacle be dissolved, I thought,
what a choice of words I found there. He remembered that old
tabernacle back in the wilderness and how it served its temporary
place. And then when the permanent came,
when the inheritance came, the tabernacle was gone. And he said,
if this earthly tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building
of God and house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. And then fifthly, the revelation
of the lamp. Think about that. It revealed
the true beauty and wonder of itself. Of itself, which is Christ. In verse 37 of our text, it says,
they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over
against it, against itself. The only way that you could see
and enjoy the beauty of the lamp was when it was lit. And then
you could stand back and you could admire the lamp itself. You could see its glory. You
can see its beauty. You can see its significance. All hidden to those on the outside. And then the New Testament statement
of the same is over in John chapter 16, verse 14. He said, when the
comforters come, he said, he shall glorify me. For he shall
receive of mine and show it unto you. That's that lamp. That's that lamp casting beauty
upon itself. And what is that? We don't have
any beauty. His name is beautiful, wonderful. And then in closing,
let me say this. Those without only had two sources
of knowledge about the work in which they were called to believe
and obey. They had the Word of God. which
was read in their presence. I don't know how many times Moses
stood and read everything God told him to tell the people.
He read them the Word of God. He read them the instructions
of the tabernacle. He read them the instructions
of God commanding that they bring in offerings of free will offerings. And all of these things were
read to the people. They had the Word of God. And
they had the testimony of God's servant. That's all they had. And that's all we have. That's
all we have. And we got the Word of God. And
we got the testimony of God's servant. Those who have truly
seen the light. Now one more thing and I'll quit. I think it's very significant
that the lamp was not lit when the tabernacle was taken up and
moved. It wasn't lit. They put the light
out. Put the light out. But only lit when they were brought
into a certain place by the Lord. You remember the clouds? They
followed that cloud wherever it went. God led them around
in that wilderness. And they'd pack up that tabernacle,
take those snuffers and put out the lights, pack everything up,
all the utensils and cover it, Nobody could see it. The only
thing you could see when they moved the tabernacle was badger
skins. It looked just like all the other
tents in the tabernacle. Everything was covered up. And
they'd move it. Now over in the book of Revelations,
God spoke to the church at Ephesus. And He warned them. He said,
I've got somewhat against you. He said, you left your first
love. You remember reading that over
there in Revelation? You left your first love. Now,
he said, repent and do thy first works or else what? He said,
I'll come and remove your candlestick. I'll move your candlestick. I'll
take it up and it will never shine in that place again. I'll
take that candlestick and I'll put it over here. And this is
the way it is with churches today. God's lamps burn where His people
are gathered. And then when they leave that
love, when they leave his first love, when they disregard the
gospel and have no interest in assembling anymore, they have
no interest in looking at the things of God, they have no interest
in hearing the preaching of the gospel. They leave their first
love and they go on out and they'd rather have this and rather have
that and have something else. He said, I'll come and I'll take
my candlestick and I'll move it somewhere else. And he does. He does. You look where John
Rapon and John Gill and Charles Spurgeon pastored a church for
almost 150 years in England. And God come along and took that
candlestick and removed it. It's not there anymore. It shined
bright there at one time, but it's gone now. And I no doubt
could go back, and if you read church history, and you can see
time and time again where God He came and took his candlestick
and he put it over here somewhere. He put it over here. He put it
over here. Why? Because they lost their
first love. They left their first love. They found things more important
to do than worship him. And he comes and he takes that
candlestick away. That's represented every time
they moved. Every time that camp was moved,
that candlestick was put out. The light was put out. They come
to camp in a new place. God established a new place for
them. They'd camp there and set that tabernacle up. First thing
they did, went in there and lit them candles. Lit them candles. Worshipped God.