Numbers 8:4 “This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gol…”

Numbers 8:4

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

This was the workmanship of the lamp stand, beaten work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was beaten work. He made the lamp stand according to the pattern which the LORD had shown Moses.

American Standard Version

And this was the work of the candlestick, beaten work of gold; unto the base thereof, and unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work: according unto the pattern which Jehovah had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

Geneva Bible 1599

And this was the worke of the Candlesticke, euen of golde beaten out with the hammer, both the shafte, and the flowres thereof was beaten out with the hammer: according to the paterne, which the Lord had shewed Moses, so made he the Candlesticke.

Darby Translation

And this was the work of the candlestick: [it was] of beaten gold; from its base to its flowers was it beaten work; according to the form which Jehovah had shewn Moses, so had he made the candlestick.

Young's Literal Translation

And this [is] the work of the candlestick: beaten work of gold; unto its thigh, unto its flower it [is] beaten work; as the appearance which Jehovah shewed Moses, so he hath made the candlestick.

Bible in Basic English

The support for the lights was of hammered gold work, from its base to its flowers it was of hammered work; from the design which the Lord had given to Moses, he made the support for the lights.

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Cross references

“this work”

Exodus 37:17–24 Exodus 25:31–39

Exodus 37:17–24 · BSB

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.

Exodus 25:31–39 · BSB

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.

“beaten work”

Exodus 25:18 Exodus 37:7 Exodus 37:17 Exodus 37:22

Exodus 25:18 · BSB

Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,

Exodus 37:7 · BSB

He made two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,

Exodus 37:17 · BSB

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.

Exodus 37:22 · BSB

The buds and branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.

“the pattern”

Exodus 25:9 1 Chronicles 28:11–19 Hebrews 8:5 Hebrews 9:23 Exodus 25:40

Exodus 25:9 · BSB

You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.

1 Chronicles 28:11–19 · BSB

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 8:5 · BSB

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…

Hebrews 9:23 · BSB

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.

Exodus 25:40 · BSB

See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

5Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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