Exodus 25:31
Good News Translation
"Make a lampstand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold; its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it.

New Revised Standard Version
You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The base and the shaft of the lampstand shall be made of hammered work; its cups, its calyxes, and its petals shall be of one piece with it;

Contemporary English Version
Make a lampstand of pure gold. The whole lampstand, including its decorative flowers, must be made from a single piece of hammered gold

New American Bible
You shall make a menorah of pure beaten gold —its shaft and branches—with its cups and knobs and petals springing directly from it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt make also a candlestick of beaten work, of the finest gold, the shaft thereof, and the branches, the cups, and the bowls, and the lilies going forth from it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thou shalt make also a candlestick of beaten work, of the finest gold, the shaft thereof, and the branches, the cups, and the bowls, and the lilies going forth from it.

a candlestick

Exodus 35:14 The candlestick to bear up the lights, the vessels thereof and the lamps, and the oil for the nourishing of fires:

Exodus 37:17-24 He made also the candlestick of beaten work of the finest gold. from the shaft whereof its branches, its cups, and bowls, and lilies came out: . . .

Exodus 40:24,25 He set the candlestick also in the tabernacle of the testimony, over against the table on the south side, . . .

1 Kings 7:49 And the golden candlesticks, five on the right hand, and five on the left, over against the oracle, of pure gold: and the flowers like lilies, and the lamps over them of gold: and golden snuffers,

2 Chronicles 13:11 And they offer holocausts to the Lord, every day, morning and evening, and incense made according to the ordinance of the law, and the loaves are set forth on a most clean table, and there is with us the golden candlestick, and the lamps thereof, to be lighted always in the evening: for we keep the precepts of the Lord our God, whom you have forsaken.

Zechariah 4:2 And he said to me: What seest thou? And I said: I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, and its lamp upon the top of it: and the seven lights thereof upon it: and seven funnels for the lights that were upon the top thereof.

Hebrews 9:2 For there was a tabernacle made the first, wherein were the candlesticks and the table and the setting forth of loaves, which is called the Holy.

Revelation 1:12,20 And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks: . . .

Revelation 2:1,5 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write: These things saith he who holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks: . . .

Revelation 4:5 And from the throne proceeded lightnings and voices and thunders. And there were seven lamps burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

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1 Kings 6:18 And all the house was covered within with cedar, having the turnings, and the joints thereof artfully wrought, and carvings projecting out: all was covered with boards of cedar: and no stone could be seen in the wall at all.

1 Kings 7:24 And a graven work, under the brim of it, compassed it for ten cubits going about the sea: there were two rows cast of chamfered sculptures.

Context
The Golden Lampstand
31Thou shalt make also a candlestick of beaten work, of the finest gold, the shaft thereof, and the branches, the cups, and the bowls, and the lilies going forth from it.32Six branches shall come out of the sides, three out of one side, and three out of the other.…
Cross References
Hebrews 9:2
For there was a tabernacle made the first, wherein were the candlesticks and the table and the setting forth of loaves, which is called the Holy.

Exodus 25:34
And in the candlestick itself shall be four cups in the manner of a nut, and at every one bowls and lilies.

Exodus 25:36
And both the bowls and the branches shall be of the same beaten work of the purest gold.

Exodus 35:14
The candlestick to bear up the lights, the vessels thereof and the lamps, and the oil for the nourishing of fires:

Exodus 37:17
He made also the candlestick of beaten work of the finest gold. from the shaft whereof its branches, its cups, and bowls, and lilies came out:

Exodus 37:20
And in the shaft itself were four cups after the manner of a nut, and bowls withal at every one, and lilies:

Exodus 37:22
So both the bowls, and the branches were of the same, all beaten work of the purest gold.

Leviticus 24:4
They shall be set upon the most pure candlestick before the Lord continually.

Numbers 3:31
And they shall keep the ark, and the table and the candlestick, the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary, wherewith they minister, and the veil, and all the furniture of this kind.

Numbers 4:9
They shall take also a cloth of violet wherewith they shall cover the candlestick with the lamps and tongs thereof and the snuffers and all the oil vessels, which are necessary for the dressing of the lamps:

Numbers 8:4
Now this was the work of the candlestick, it was of beaten gold, both the shaft in the middle, and all that came out of both sides of the branches: according to the pattern which the Lord had shewn to Moses, so he made the candlestick.

1 Samuel 3:3
Before the lamp of God went out, Samuel slept in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.

1 Kings 7:49
And the golden candlesticks, five on the right hand, and five on the left, over against the oracle, of pure gold: and the flowers like lilies, and the lamps over them of gold: and golden snuffers,

1 Chronicles 28:15
He gave also gold for the golden candlesticks, and their lamps, according to the dimensions of every candlestick, and the lamps thereof. In like manner also he gave silver by weight for the silver candlesticks, and for their lamps according to the diversity of the dimensions of them.

2 Chronicles 4:7
And he made ten golden candlesticks, according to the form which they were commanded to be made by: and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

2 Chronicles 4:20
The candlesticks also of most pure gold with their lamps to give light before the oracle, according to the manner.

Zechariah 4:2
And he said to me: What seest thou? And I said: I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, and its lamp upon the top of it: and the seven lights thereof upon it: and seven funnels for the lights that were upon the top thereof.

Exodus 25:30
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