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.
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Gill's Exposition
And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold,.... As it is also said to be; See Gill on Exo 25:31; and See Gill on Exo 25:36,
unto the shalt thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten…
The actual lighting of the lamps (compare the marginal references) was to be done to set forth symbolically the special presence which God had now Num 7:89 actually established among His people.
Directions were given long before this for the making of the golden candlestick (Exo 25:31), and it was made according to the pattern shown to Moses in the mount, Exo 38:17. But now it was that the…
Cambridge Bible
beaten work Repousséwork, hammered out of a solid plate of gold (Exo 25:31; Exo 25:36; Exo 37:17-22). This work was employed also for the Cherubim (Exo 25:18; Exo 37:7) and the two silver clarions…
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