The Lamp Stand^(A)

³¹ “You are to make a lamp stand of pure gold: the lamp stand and its base and stem are to be of hammered work, and its cups, calyxes,^[a] and flowers are to be of one piece with it. ³² Six branches are to extend from its sides, three branches of the lamp stand from one side of it and three branches of the lamp stand from its other side. ³³ Three cups shaped like almond blossoms with calyxes and flowers are to be on one branch and three cups shaped like almond blossoms with calyxes and flowers are to be on the other branch, and so for the six branches extending from the lamp stand.

³⁴ “On the lamp stand itself there are to be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with their calyxes and flowers. ³⁵ A calyx^[b] is to be under the two branches that extend out of the stem;^[c] a calyx is to be under the next pair of branches^[d] that extend out of the stem;^[e] and a calyx is to be under the last pair of branches^[f] that extend out of the stem,^[g] and so for the six^[h] branches extending from the lamp stand. ³⁶ Their calyxes and their branches are to be of one piece with it; all of it is to be made of one piece of hammered work of pure gold.

³⁷ “You are to make seven lamps for it, and its lamps are to be mounted so as to give light in front of it. ³⁸ Its tongs and trays are to be of pure gold. ³⁹ The lamp stand^[i]—together with all its furnishings—is to be made from a talent^[j] of pure gold. ⁴⁰ Now see that you make them according to the pattern for them which you are being shown on the mountain.”