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The Seven Lamps

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to Aaron and say to him: When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps will give light before the lampstand.

Aaron did so. He lit the lamps before the lampstand, as the Lord commanded Moses. And this was the work of the lampstand: hammered gold, to its shaft, to its flowers was beaten work. According to the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

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Arrangement of the Lamps(A)

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak to Aaron, and say to him, ‘When you (B)arrange the lamps, the seven (C)lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.’ ” And Aaron did so; he arranged the lamps to face toward the front of the lampstand, as the Lord commanded Moses. (D)Now this workmanship of the lampstand was hammered gold; from its shaft to its flowers it was (E)hammered work. (F)According to the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

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