1. The Lord spoke to Moses:
2. “Speak to Aaron and tell him, ‘When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to give light in front of the lampstand.’”
3. And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps to face toward the front of the lampstand, as the Lord commanded Moses.
4. This is how the lampstand was made: It was beaten work in gold; from its shaft to its flowers it was beaten work. According to the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.
5. Then the Lord spoke to Moses:
6. “Take the Levites from among the Israelites and purify them.