The Lamp Stand

¹⁷ He made the lamp stand of pure gold. He made the lamp stand, its base, and stem of hammered work and its cups, calyxes, and flowers were of one piece with it. ¹⁸ Six branches extended 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. ¹⁹ Three cups shaped like almond blossoms with calyxes and flowers were on one branch and three cups shaped like almond blossoms with calyxes and flowers were on the other branch, and so on for the six branches extending from the lamp stand. ²⁰ On the lamp stand itself there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms each with their calyxes and flowers. ²¹ A calyx was under the two branches that extended out of the stem;^[a] a calyx was under the next pair of^[b] branches that extended out of the stem;^[c] and a calyx was under the last pair of^[d] branches that extended out of the stem,^[e] and so on for the six branches extending from the lamp stand. ²² Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it, all of it was of one piece of hammered work of pure gold. ²³ He made its seven lamps, its tongs, and its trays from pure gold. ²⁴ He made it and all of its furnishings from a talent^[f] of pure gold.