Numbers 8:4

Translations

Modern

This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.

Traditional

And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the Lord had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

Literal

And this was the workmanship of the lampstand: Hammered gold—from its shaft to its flowers it was hammered work; according to the pattern that YHWH had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

Latin

Hæc autem erat factura candelabri, ex auro ductili, tam medius stipes, quam cuncta quæ ex utroque calamorum latere nascebantur: juxta exemplum quod ostendit Dominus Moysi, ita operatus est candelabrum.

Original

Hebrew

English

This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.

Notes

Numbers 8:1–4

These verses give specific instructions for placing the lampstand (Hebrew menorah) in the tabernacle. The lampstand (see Exodus 25:31–40). It was made with branches shaped like a stylized tree.

The inside of the tabernacle had no windows, so it was dark. The light from the lampstand helped the priests carry out their duties.

Related verses

Exodus 25:18
Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
Exodus 25:9
You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.
Exodus 25:31–40
Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
Exodus 37:17–24
Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
1 Chronicles 28:11–19
Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.
Hebrews 9:23
So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Hebrews 8:5
The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
Exodus 37:7
He made two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,

Parallels

Exodus 25:31–40 Exodus 37:17–24

People

Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Cattle Deuteronomy, Book of Numbers, Book of

Topics

Beaten Work of Metals Candlestick for the Tabernacle: After a Divine Pattern Candlestick of the Tabernacle: Made After Divine Pattern

Numbers 8:4

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