Exodus 25:31-40

The Golden Lampstand

31 a“You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it. 32And there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it; 33three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand. 34And on the lampstand itself there shall be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers, 35and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand. 36Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it a single piece of hammered work of pure gold. 37You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps bshall be set up so as cto give light on the space in front of it. 38Its tongs and their trays shall be of pure gold. 39It shall be made, with all these utensils, out of a talent
A  talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
of pure gold.
40And esee that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.

Exodus 37:20

20And on the lampstand itself were four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers,

1 Kings 6:18

18The cedar within the house was carved in the form of fgourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was seen.

1 Kings 6:29

29Around all the walls of the house he carved engraved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, in the inner and outer rooms.

1 Kings 6:35

35On them he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work.

2 Chronicles 4:5

5Its thickness was a handbreadth.
A  handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters
And its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. hIt held 3,000 baths.
A  bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters
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