²⁰ the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn ^(A)in the prescribed manner in front of the inner sanctuary,

^7 (A)And he made ten lampstands of gold ^(B)according to their design, and set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left.

The Gold Lampstand^(A)

^31 (B)“You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and flowers shall be of one piece. ³² And six branches shall come out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side. ^33 (C)Three bowls shall be made like almond blossoms on one branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower, and three bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower—and so for the six branches that come out of the lampstand. ^34 (D)On the lampstand itself four bowls shall be made like almond blossoms, each with its ornamental knob and flower. ³⁵ And there shall be a knob under the first two branches of the same, a knob under the second two branches of the same, and a knob under the third two branches of the same, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand. ³⁶ Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece; all of it shall be one hammered piece of pure gold. ³⁷ You shall make seven lamps for it, and ^(E)they shall arrange its lamps so that they ^(F)give light in front of it.

⁶ Then the priests ^(A)brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to ^(B)its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the Most Holy Place, ^(C)under the wings of the cherubim.

¹⁶ Then he built the twenty-cubit room at the rear of the temple, from floor to ceiling, with cedar boards; he built it inside as the inner sanctuary, as the ^(A)Most Holy Place. ¹⁷ And in front of it the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long.

⁵ Against the wall of the ^[a]temple he built ^(A)chambers all around, against the walls of the temple, all around the sanctuary ^(B)and the ^[b]inner sanctuary. Thus he made side chambers all around it.

The Care of the Lampstand^(A)

²⁰ “And ^(B)you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to ^[a]burn continually. ²¹ In the tabernacle of meeting, ^(C)outside the veil which is before the Testimony, ^(D)Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the Lord. ^(E)It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel.