³⁵ And ^(A)you shall set the table outside the veil, and the ^(B)lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table, and you shall put the table on the north side.

^24 (A)He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle,

^22 (A)He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil,

² For ^(A)a tent^[a] was prepared, the first section, in which were ^(B)the lampstand and ^(C)the table and ^(D)the bread of the Presence.^[b] It is called the Holy Place.

⁸ By this the Holy Spirit indicates that ^(A)the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing ⁹ (which is symbolic for the present age).^[a] According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered ^(B)that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,

The Golden Lampstand

^31 (A)“You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it. ³² And there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it; ³³ three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand. ³⁴ And on the lampstand itself there shall be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers, ³⁵ and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand. ³⁶ Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it a single piece of hammered work of pure gold. ³⁷ You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps ^(B)shall be set up so as ^(C)to give light on the space in front of it.