Make a lampstand of pure gold. Hammer out its base and shaft, and make its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them. The lampstand — the menorah — is the most intricately designed piece of tabernacle furniture. Hammered from a single talent of pure gold (approximately 75 pounds), it consists of a central shaft with six branches, each decorated with flowerlike cups in the shape of almond blossoms. The hammered construction means no joints, no soldering, no separate pieces — the entire lampstand emerges from one piece of gold. Revelation 1:12–20 describes seven golden lampstands — the tabernacle menorah multiplied into the seven churches. Zechariah 4:2–6 presents a vision of the lampstand as the Spirit of God — the light in the sanctuary is the light of the divine presence.

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