Exodus 37:17

He made the lampstand of pure, hammered gold. The whole of it was made of one piece—its base, shaft, cups, buds, and flowers.

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In The King James Version

And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:

In Context

16He made utensils for the table from pure gold: plates and dishes, bowls and pitchers for pouring out drink offerings.

18It had six branches coming out of the sides of the lampstand, three on each side. It had three cups shaped like almond flowers on the first branch, each with buds and petals, and three on the next branch.

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Cross References

Exodus 25:31Make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. The whole of it is to be made of one piece—its base, shaft, cups, buds, and flowers.

Leviticus 24:4He is to constantly look after the lamps placed on the pure gold lampstand before the Lord.

2 Chronicles 13:11Morning and evening they present burnt offerings and burn fragrant incense to the Lord. They place the rows of showbread on the purified table, and light the lamps of the gold lampstand every evening. We are doing what the Lord our God told us to do, while you have abandoned him.

Zechariah 4:11Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees that stand to the right and the left of the lampstand?”

John 1:4In him was life, the life that was the light of everyone.

Hebrews 9:2The first room in the Tabernacle housed the candlestick, the table, and the sacred bread. This was called the Holy Place.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 37:11-25

10 And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof: 11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about. 12 Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about. 13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. 14 Over against the border were the… Read the whole commentary →

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