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מְנוֹרָה

menorah

pronounced me-no-RAH

Lampstand — especially the seven-branched lampstand of the Tabernacle and Temple

In Scripture World English Bible

“You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. Of hammered work shall the lamp stand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.

Exodus 25:31 The Torah’s first instruction for the seven-branched menorah

You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.

Exodus 25:37 The seven lamps are arranged to cast light before the menorah.

He made the lamp stand of pure gold. He made the lamp stand of beaten work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers were of one piece with it.

Exodus 37:17 Bezalel makes the menorah as one piece of hammered pure gold.

He shall keep in order the lamps on the pure gold lamp stand before Yahweh continually.

Leviticus 24:4 The menorah’s lamps are to be tended continually before Yahweh.

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