³ There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”

¹¹ I asked him, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?” ¹² And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold conduits, from which golden oil pours out?”

¹³ Then he inquired of me, “Don’t you know what these are?”

“No, my lord,” I replied.

¹⁴ “These are the two anointed ones,”^[a](A) he said, “who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”^(B)