Exodus 37:17-23

New Catholic Bible

¹⁷ The Golden Lampstand. He made a lampstand out of pure gold. It was a hammered work. Its base and its shaft and its bowls and knobs and flowers were all one piece. ¹⁸ Six of the branches of the lampstand came out of its sides: three from one side of the lampstand and three from the other side of the lampstand. ¹⁹ There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms, with bud and flower, on one branch. And there were three cups shaped like almond blossoms, with bud and flower, on the next branch. Thus, there were six branches that rose out of the lampstand. ²⁰ The shaft of the lampstand had four cups shaped like almond blossoms with bud and flower. ²¹ One bud was under the first set of two branches coming out of it, and one bud under the second set of two branches coming out of it, and one bud under the third set of two branches coming out of it. Thus, there were six branches coming out of the lampstand. ²² The buds and their respective branches were all of one piece. All of it was one piece of pure gold that had been beaten into shape. ²³ He made seven lamps, their snuffers and their trays out of pure gold.