Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



This is how the lamp stand was made: The whole lamp stand, from top to bottom, was hammered out of gold. It was made exactly like the one Jehovah had shown Moses.

Make lamp stand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold. Its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it. Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side. Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the other branch. This should go on for six branches going out from the lamp stand. read more.
Four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers should be in the lamp stand. A bulb shall be under each of the six pair of branches coming out of the lamp stand. Their bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece. All of it must be one piece of hammered work of pure gold. Then make a total of seven lamps. Mount the lamps so that they shed light on the space in front of it. Its snuffers and fire holders (trays) must be of pure gold. It shall be made from seventy-five pounds of pure gold, with all these utensils. See that you make them like the pattern for them that were shown to you on the mountain.

He made the lamp stand out of pure gold. The lamp stand, its base, and its shaft, as well as the flower cups, buds, and petals were hammered out of one piece of gold. There were three branches on each of its two sides, for a total of six branches. There were three decorative almond blossoms on each branch. read more.
And there were four on the lamp stand. A blossom was placed where each pair of branches came out from the lamp stand. The lamp stand, including its branches and decorative flowers, was made from a single piece of hammered pure gold. He made seven its seven lamps including the snuffers and fire trays out of pure gold. The lamp stand and all the utensils were made out of seventy-five pounds of pure gold.


It shall be made from seventy-five pounds of pure gold, with all these utensils.


The plates and dishes for the table should be out of pure gold. Also make pitchers and bowls to be used for pouring wine offerings.

He made plates, dishes, bowls, and pitchers to be used for pouring wine offerings on the table. All of them were made out of pure gold.

Make four gold rings for it. Fasten them to the four corners where the four legs are.

Its snuffers and fire holders (trays) must be of pure gold. It shall be made from seventy-five pounds of pure gold, with all these utensils.


Build the altar with acacia wood. It should be seven and one half feet square and four and one half feet tall. Place a horn at each of its four corners. The four horns and the altar must be made out of one piece of wood covered with copper. Make all the utensils for it out of copper: pots for taking away the altar's ashes, also shovels, bowls, forks, and incense burners. read more.
Make a grate for it out of copper mesh. Make a copper ring for each of the four corners of the grate. Place the grate under the ledge of the altar so that it comes halfway up the altar. Prepare poles out of acacia wood for the altar. Cover them with copper. The poles should be put through the rings on both sides of the altar and used to carry it. Make the altar out of boards so that it is hollow inside. It must be made just as you were shown on the mountain.

Make a Box out of acacia wood, forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it. Make four carrying rings of gold for it and attach them to its four legs, with two rings on each side. read more.
Make two poles of acacia wood. Cover them with gold. Put them through the rings. Poles can be used to carry the chest. Do not ever remove the poles from the rings. I will give you the Ten Commandments written on two flat tablets. Put them inside the chest. Cover the lid of the chest (mercy seat) with pure gold. Hammer out two winged cherubs of pure gold and fasten them to the lid at the ends of the chest. Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim of one piece with the chest at its two ends. The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the chest with their wings and facing one another. The faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the chest. After you put into the ark the words of my covenant that I will give you, place the throne of mercy on top. I will be above the throne of mercy between the angels whenever I meet with you. I will give you all my commandments for the Israelites. Make a table of acacia wood thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. Cover it with pure gold. Put a gold molding around it. Make a rim three inches wide around it. Put a gold molding around the rim. Make four gold rings for it. Fasten them to the four corners where the four legs are. The rings are to be close to the rim. They are to hold the poles for carrying the table. Make the poles out of acacia wood. Cover them with gold and use them to carry the table. The plates and dishes for the table should be out of pure gold. Also make pitchers and bowls to be used for pouring wine offerings. The table should be placed in front of the Covenant Box. There is always to be the sacred bread offered to me for the table. Make lamp stand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold. Its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it. Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side. Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the other branch. This should go on for six branches going out from the lamp stand. Four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers should be in the lamp stand. A bulb shall be under each of the six pair of branches coming out of the lamp stand. Their bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece. All of it must be one piece of hammered work of pure gold. Then make a total of seven lamps. Mount the lamps so that they shed light on the space in front of it. Its snuffers and fire holders (trays) must be of pure gold. It shall be made from seventy-five pounds of pure gold, with all these utensils. See that you make them like the pattern for them that were shown to you on the mountain.

Regardless of how they are used all the things for the tent must be made of copper. Even the pegs for the tent and the courtyard must be made of copper.

He made the altar for burnt offerings out of acacia wood seven and one half feet square and four and one half feet high. Then he placed a horn at each of its four corners. He made the four horns and the altar out of one piece of wood covered with copper. He also made all the equipment for the altar: the pans, the shovels, the bowls, the hooks, and the fire pans. All this equipment was made of copper. read more.
A copper grating was also made. It was placed under the rim of the altar, so that it reached halfway up the altar. A copper ring was attached beneath the ledge at the four corners to put the poles through. After that he covered two acacia wood poles with copper and put them through the rings for carrying the altar, which was shaped like an open box. He made the laver (basin) of copper with its base of copper, from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.


It shall be made from seventy-five pounds of pure gold, with all these utensils.

He made the most holy place. It was as long as the Temple was wide, thirty feet long. It was also thirty feet wide. He overlaid it with forty-five thousand pounds of fine gold.

Measuring into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels, a hundred talents' weight, and a hundred talents of gold,

The gold that came to Solomon in one year weighed forty nine thousand nine hundred and fifty pounds,