The Lampstand

³¹ “Hammer pure gold to make a ·lampstand [^Lmenorah]. Its base, ·stand [shaft], flower-like cups, buds, and petals must all be joined together in one piece [^Cits tree shape suggests that the Tabernacle represented Eden where God and humans lived in harmony]. ³² The lampstand must have six branches going out from its sides—three on one side and three on the other. ³³ Each branch must have three cups shaped like almond flowers on it. Each cup must have a bud and a petal. Each of the six branches going out from the lampstand must be the same. ³⁴ And there must be four more cups made like almond flowers on the lampstand itself. These cups must also have buds and petals. ³⁵ Put a bud under each pair of branches that goes out from the lampstand. Each of the six branches going out from the lampstand must be the same. ³⁶ The branches, buds, and lampstand must be made of one piece, hammered out of pure gold.

³⁷ “Then make seven ·small oil lamps [^Llamps for it] and put them on the lampstand so that they give light to the area in front of it. ³⁸ The ·wick trimmers [snuffers] and trays must be made of pure gold. ³⁹ Use ·seventy-five pounds [^Lone talent] of pure gold to make the lampstand and everything with it.