“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.”
Now this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold; from its base to its flowers, it was hammered work — this is the only formal description of the menorah's construction provided in Numbers (though more detail appears in Exodus 25). The phrase 'hammered work' (mikshah) emphasizes that the menorah was crafted by intense, skilled labor from a single piece of gold. The progression 'from base to flowers' traces the eye upward, from foundation to ornamental blooming, suggesting growth and flourishing in God's house.
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