36 The buds and branches shall all be of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
36 Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it a single piece of hammered work of pure gold.
36 the entire Lampstand fashioned from one piece of hammered pure gold.
36 Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece; all of it shall be one hammered piece of pure gold.
36 The almond buds and branches must all be of one piece with the center stem, and they must be hammered from pure gold.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 25:36
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.