Numbers 8:4

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

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WEBBE

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.

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.

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.

BBE

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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וְזֶה ve·zeh and this H2088 מַעֲשֵׂה ma·'a·seh [was] [the] work of H4639 הַמְּנֹרָה ha·me·no·rah the lampstand H4501 מִקְשָׁה mik·shah hammered work H4749 זָהָב za·hav gold H2091 עַד־ 'ad- to H5704 יְרֵכָהּ ye·re·khah base its H3409 עַד־ 'ad- to H5704 פִּרְחָהּ pir·chah blossom its H6525 מִקְשָׁה mik·shah [was] hammered work H4749 הִוא hi' it H1931 כַּמַּרְאֶה ka·mar·'eh like the appearance H4758 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 הֶרְאָה her·'ah he had shown H7200 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 מֹשֶׁה mo·sheh Moses H4872 כֵּן ken so H3651 עָשָׂה 'a·sah he made H6213 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַמְּנֹרָה פ ha·me·no·rah the lampstand H4501

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–4

Aaron himself lighted the lamps, thus representing his Divine Master. The Scripture is a light shining in a dark place, 2Pe 1:19. A dark place even the church would be without it; as the tabernacle, which had no window, would have been without the lamps. The work of ministers is to light these lamps, by expounding and applying the word of God. Jesus Christ is the only Light of our dark, sinful world; and by his atonement, by his word and the Holy Spirit, he diffuses light around.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.