Zechariah 4:2

What seest thou? The fifth vision.

I said. Heb, text reads "he". Some codices, with four early printed editions, are without the Hebrew margin, "I"

behold . Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6 .

candlestick = a single seven-branched lampstand, as in the Tabernacle and in the second Temple (1 Macc. 1.21; 4.49; as seen in the Arch of Titus, in Rome). The reference is to the Pentateuch (Exodus 25:31 ); not to Solomon's Temple, in which there were ten separate lampstands (1 Kings 7:49 ). Compare Jeremiah 52:19 . App-92 .

and his seven lamps. Reference to Pentateuch (Ex, Zec 25:37 ).

seven pipes . This looks forward to the future, as described in Revelation 11:3-12 .