Matthew 5:15. A candle, or ‘lamp.'

The bushel. The ordinary household measure, holding about a peck. Under this the light could be hid.

But on the candlestick, or ‘lampstand;' its proper place, an elevated holder or stand, so that its light might be diffused as widely as possible.

It shineth. ‘Giveth light,' implies that a certain effect is necessarily produced, but the lamp only shines, its light may be rejected.

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Old Testament