Exodus 25:37

37 "Make seven lamps on it. Its lamps are to be set up so they illuminate the area in front of it.

Exodus 25:37 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 25:37

And thou shall make the seven lamps thereof
Which were, six of them, on the top of the six branches that came out of the sides of the candlestick, and the seventh on the top of the shaft which ran up in the middle of it; which no doubt were made of gold as well as the rest, and may signify the many members of churches bearing the lamp of a profession: or the several gifts and graces of the Spirit, which are sometimes, because of the perfection of them, called the seven spirits of God, and are compared to seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, ( Revelation 4:5 ) or else the ministers of the Gospel, who are the lights of the world:

and they shall light the lamps thereof;
Aaron and his sons, the priests in successive generations:

that they may give light over against it
to the table of shewbread, which was opposite to it on the north side of the tabernacle, and so by the light of these lamps the priests could see to place the shewbread in its order; or the candlestick itself, the lamps being so placed as to give light to the whole body of it, that it might be seen in all its parts very distinctly; unless it can be thought that these lamps were separate from the candlestick, and set around the sides of the holy place, and gave light to it: and this may rather seem to be the case, since these lamps are spoken of after the whole of it is said to be one beaten work of pure gold; but then we have no account of the lamps of the candlestick, unless they are supposed to be included in the branches; wherefore the first sense seems best.

Exodus 25:37 In-Context

35 For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a calyx must be under the [first] pair of branches from it, a calyx under the [second] pair of branches from it, and a calyx under the [third] pair of branches from it.

36 Their calyxes and branches are to be of one piece. All of it is to be a single hammered piece of pure gold.

37 "Make seven lamps on it. Its lamps are to be set up so they illuminate the area in front of it.

38 Its snuffers and firepans must be of pure gold.

39 The lampstand with all these utensils is to be made from 75 pounds of pure gold.