Candlestick, Seven-Branch

Candlestick, Seven-Branch
Candlestick, Seven-Branch
One of the three chief furnishings of the Holy of the Tabernacle and the Temple. In reality it was an elaborate lampstand, set on the south side of the Holy Place

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