Numbers 8:4
The lampstand had been made from gold that had been hammered from one large lump of gold, from its base to the decorations at the top that resembled flowers. The lampstand was made exactly like Yahweh had told Moses/me that it should be made.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
3So Moses/I told him what Yahweh said, and he did that.
5Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
Cross References
Exodus 25:18Tell them to hammer huge lump of gold into the form of two creatures that have wings.
Exodus 25:36All these buds and branches, along with the shaft, are to be hammered from one large lump of pure gold.
Exodus 37:17He made the lampstand from pure gold. Its base and its shaft were hammered from one large lump of gold. The branches of the lampstand, the cups for holding the oil, the flower buds and the petals that decorated the branches of the lamp, the base, and the shaft were all hammered from one big lump of gold.
Hebrews 8:5The Jewish priests perform rituals which are only a model [DOU] of what Christ would do in heaven [MTY]. What God told Moses when Moses was about to set up the tent for worshipping him supports the idea that those rituals were only a model. God said, “Be sure that you (sg) make everything according to the model that I showed you on Sinai Mountain!”
Matthew Henry on Numbers 8:2-5
The Lights of the Sanctuary. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. 3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the Lord commanded Moses. 4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the Lord had showed Moses, so he made… Read the whole commentary →