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Numbers 8:4
This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative describes the completed lampstand immediately after Aaron arranges its lamps. The passage functions as a technical account following the divine instructions previously given to Moses.
The words — מִקְשָׁה (mik.Shah) denotes "hammered work," and זָהָב (za.Hav) means "gold." Together they specify that the lampstand was crafted from a single mass of beaten gold.
The thread — The construction details recur in Exodus 25:31 and Exodus 25:18, which mandate the same hammered gold technique for the lampstand and mercy seat. The phrase "according to the pattern" echoes Exodus 25:9, which commands building the tabernacle and its furnishings exactly as shown.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to recognize that sacred objects demand precise replication of a divine blueprint. It establishes that obedience to specified patterns takes precedence over creative adaptation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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 shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
Cross-references
- Exodus 25:9 You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.
- Exodus 25:18 Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
- Exodus 25:31 Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
- Exodus 37:17 Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
- Exodus 37:7 He made two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
- 1 Chronicles 28:11 Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.
- Hebrews 8:5 The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
- Hebrews 9:23 So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.