Zechariah 4:2
And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
Cross-reference
In Zechariah 4:12, the two olive trees are identified as the sources of oil for the lampstand, clarifying the vision's details.
In Zechariah 5:2, the same question 'What do you see?' introduces a different vision (flying scroll), mirroring the pattern of visionary dialogue.
Exodus 25:37 describes the seven lamps on the golden lampstand, the direct OT predecessor of the vision's lampstand.
In Exodus 37:17-24, Bezalel constructs the golden lampstand exactly as commanded — the same object that appears in Zechariah's vision.
In Exodus 25:31-38, the tabernacle lampstand is described with seven lamps on branches — the same object that Zechariah sees, but with a bowl and seven lips added.
Revelation 4:5 depicts seven torches of fire before God's throne, identified as the seven spirits, paralleling the seven lamps of the vision.
Revelation 2:1 continues the lampstand imagery with Christ walking among the seven lampstands from Revelation 1.
Revelation 1:20 explicitly interprets the seven lampstands as the seven churches, providing the meaning behind John's vision echoing the prophetic vision.
Revelation 1:12 directly echoes the vision with seven golden lampstands, now representing the seven churches.
Revelation 11:4 directly alludes to Zechariah's two olive trees and lampstands, identifying the two witnesses.
Jeremiah 52:19 records the Babylonians seizing the lampstands from the temple – a contrast to the restored hope in the vision.
Exodus 37:23 describes the tabernacle lampstand with seven lamps — a precursor to the similar design in Zechariah's vision.
In Jeremiah 1:11-13, God asks the same question 'What do you see?' to Jeremiah about an almond branch and a boiling pot — a parallel prophetic vision formula.
2 Chronicles 4:20-22 details the gold lampstands and their lamps in Solomon's temple, echoing the lampstand imagery of the vision.
Matthew 5:14-16 uses the lampstand metaphor for believers' witness, expanding the vision's symbolism of light.
2 Chronicles 4:7 describes the ten lampstands Solomon made for the temple – a different configuration from the single seven-lamp lampstand of the vision.
Leviticus 24:4 commands the lamps to be set on the pure lampstand — a ritual parallel to the visionary lampstand.
In 1 Chronicles 28:15, David gives weights for golden lampstands — a reference to temple lampstands, similar to Zechariah's visionary lampstand.
In 1 Kings 7:49, Solomon's temple has ten golden lampstands — a different arrangement from Zechariah's single lampstand, but still the same object type.