Exodus 25:31-36
Of beaten work shall the candlestick be made
Nothing is joined. The shaft, the branches, the bowls and the flowers are all worked out of a single mass of gold.
Objects of the Bible
The golden lampstand
Beaten out of a single talent of gold, and shaped like an almond tree in flower.
It is not assembled, it is hammered: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, his shaft and his branches, his bowls, his knops and his flowers shall be of the same. One talent of pure gold, worked into one object with six branches out of the sides and the shaft in the middle. The decoration is botanical and specific, bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower, which makes the only light source in the holy place a tree.
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The movements, in the order the text gives them.
The story of The golden lampstand
- 01
- 02
Exodus 25:37-40
Look that thou make them after their pattern
The lamps are to give light over against the lampstand, and the chapter closes with a reminder that this is a copy of something shown.
- 03
Leviticus 24:1-4
To cause the lamps to burn continually
The people bring the oil and Aaron orders the lamps from evening to morning. The continual part is a daily job, not a miracle.
- 04
Zechariah 4:1-6
Not by might, nor by power
The prophet sees a lampstand fed by two olive trees and asks what these be. The answer is about what the oil stands for.
- 05
Revelation 1:12-20
The seven candlesticks are the seven churches
The last book puts the object in the plural and tells us what it means, and the one walking among them is described first.
Why it matters
The oil is pure olive oil beaten for the light, and the instruction is that the lamps burn continually, dressed every morning and lit every evening by Aaron. There is no window in the tent, so this is the only thing anyone inside can see by, and the table and the incense altar both stand in light that comes from it. Zechariah sees it again in a vision with two olive trees feeding it directly, and asks what it means, and the answer is the sentence about might and power and spirit.
The music
The music
Every song in the catalogue whose passage falls inside these chapters.
No song in the catalogue reaches these chapters yet.
