The Making of the Lampstand

¹⁷ Bezalel^[a] made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were from the same piece.^{[b] 18} Six branches were extending from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it. ¹⁹ Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the next^[c] branch, and the same^[d] for the six branches that were extending from the lampstand. ²⁰ On the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms, ²¹ with a bud under the first two branches from it, and a bud under the next two branches from it, and a bud under the third two branches from it; according to the six branches that extended from it.^{[e] 22} Their buds and their branches were of one piece;^[f] all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold. ²³ He made its seven lamps, its trimmers, and its trays of pure gold. ²⁴ He made the lampstand^[g] and all its accessories with seventy-five pounds of pure gold.