Making the Lampstand (EXO 37:17-24)

[37:17] He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made its base and its shaft of hammered gold; its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, formed one piece with it.

[37:18] Six branches extended from its sides, three from each side.

[37:19] Each of the six branches had three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

[37:20] The shaft of the lampstand had four decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

[37:21] There was one bud below each of the three pairs of branches.

[37:22] The buds, the branches, and the lampstand were a single piece of pure hammered gold.

[37:23] He made seven lamps for the lampstand, and he made its tongs and trays of pure gold.

[37:24] He used seventy-five pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and all its equipment.

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