Matthew 5:15

Exodus 25:37; Luke 11:33; Luke 8:16; Mark 4:21; Numbers 8:2

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¹⁵ Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel,b but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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