The Lampstand

³¹ “You^(A) are to make a lampstand^(B) out of pure, hammered gold. It is to be made of one piece: its base and shaft, its ornamental cups, and its calyxes^[a] and petals. ³² Six branches are to extend from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side. ³³ There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the next branch. It is to be this way for the six branches that extend from the lampstand. ³⁴ There are to be four cups shaped like almond blossoms on the lampstand shaft along with its calyxes and petals. 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.^[b] All of it is to be a single hammered piece of pure gold.