39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
39 A talent
39 It shall be made, with all these utensils, out of a talent
39 "Use a seventy-five-pound brick of pure gold to make the Lampstand and its accessories.
39 It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.
39 You will need 75Â pounds of pure gold for the lampstand and its accessories.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 25:39
Commentary on Exodus 25:31-40
(Read Exodus 25:31-40)
The candlestick represents the light of God's word and Spirit, in and through Christ Jesus, afforded in this dark world to his believing people, to direct their worship and obedience, and to afford them consolations. The church is still dark, as the tabernacle was, in comparison with what it will be in heaven; but the word of God is a light shining in a dark place, Matthew 28:20, is like this, Observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. Let us remember that we are the temples of the Holy Ghost, that we have the law of God in our hearts, that we are to live a life of communion with God, feast on his ordinances, and are the light of the world, if indeed we are followers of Christ. May the Lord help us to try ourselves by this view of religion, and to walk according thereto.