³¹“Make a lampstand^p of pure gold. Hammer out its base and shaft, and make its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them. ³²Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other. ³³Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand. ³⁴And on the lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms. ³⁵One bud shall be under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair—six branches in all. ³⁶The buds and branches shall all be of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.^q

³⁷“Then make its seven lamps^r and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it. ³⁸Its wick trimmers and trays^s are to be of pure gold. ³⁹A talent^f of pure gold is to be used for the lampstand and all these accessories.

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Footnotes

fThat is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms

Cross references

p Ex 26:35; 31:8; 35:14; 39:37; 40:4, 24; Lev 24:4; Nu 3:31; 1 Ki 7:49; 2 Ch 4:7; Zec 4:2; Heb 9:2; Rev 1:12
qver 18; Nu 8:4
r Ex 27:21; 30:8; Lev 24:3–4; Nu 8:2; 1 Sa 3:3; 2 Ch 13:11
sSee ver 37; Nu 4:9