The Lampstand

¹⁷ He made a lampstand^[a] of pure gold. The lampstand was made of hammered metal. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers were all formed as one piece with the lampstand. ¹⁸ There were six branches going out from its sides. Three branches of the lampstand went out from one side, and three branches of the lampstand went out from the other side. ¹⁹ Three cups like almond blossoms with buds and flowers were on the first branch, and three cups like almond blossoms with buds and flowers were on the branch opposite it. It was the same for all six branches that went out from the lampstand. ²⁰ On the lampstand itself he made four cups like almond blossoms with buds and flowers. ²¹ The buds under one pair of branches formed one piece with the lampstand, and the buds under the second pair of branches formed one piece with the lampstand, and the buds under the third pair of branches formed one piece with the lampstand—the same for all six branches going out of the lampstand. ²² Its buds and branches were made as one piece with it. All of it was one hammered work of pure gold.

²³ He made seven lamps for it. Its wick trimmers and its pans^[b] were pure gold. ²⁴ It was made with seventy-five pounds^[c] of pure gold, along with all these accessories.