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Numbers 8:4

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4 From top to bottom the lampstand was made of hammered gold, according to the pattern that the Lord had shown Moses.

Numbers 8:4 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 8:4

And this work of the candlestick [was] of beaten gold
As it is also said to be; (See Gill on Exodus 25:31); and (See Gill on Exodus 25:36):

unto the shalt thereof, unto the flowers thereof, [was] beaten work;
of which, see ( Exodus 25:31 ) ;

according unto the pattern which the Lord had showed Moses;
when on Mount Sinai with him:

so he made the candlestick;
that is, ordered it to be made, and took care that it was made exactly to the pattern he had of it; otherwise Bezaleel was the artificer; and so the Targum of Jonathan here expresses him by name.

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Numbers 8:4 In-Context

2 "Tell Aaron that when he puts the seven lamps on the lampstand, he should place them so that the light shines toward the front."
3 Aaron obeyed and placed the lamps facing the front of the lampstand.
4 From top to bottom the lampstand was made of hammered gold, according to the pattern that the Lord had shown Moses.
5 The Lord said to Moses,
6 "Separate the Levites from the rest of the people of Israel and purify them
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.

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