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Numbers 8:4

Moses

2 “Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’”

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

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.

5 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

6 “Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
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.
ÅB
Lysestaken var gjort av gull i drevet arbeid; både foten og blomstene var drevet arbeid; etter det bilde Herren hadde vist Moses, hadde han gjort lysestaken.
OTB
Dette er håndverket til lysestaken: den var laget av hamret gull, fra sokkelen til de dekorative blomstene. Den ble laget etter mønsteret Herren hadde vist Moses.
B1930
Lysestaken var gjort av gull i drevet arbeid; både foten og blomstene var drevet arbeid; efter det billede Herren hadde vist Moses, hadde han gjort lysestaken.

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  • 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.

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  • Exodus 25:9

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

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  • Exodus 25:18

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

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  • 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.

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  • Exodus 37:7

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

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  • 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.

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  • 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.”

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  • 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.

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