Exodus 25:37
ESV
You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.
NIV
"Then make its seven lamps and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it.
NASB
Then you shall make its lamps seven in number; and they shall mount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it.
CSB
"Make its seven lamps, and set them up so that they illuminate the area in front of it.
NLT
Then make the seven lamps for the lampstand, and set them so they reflect their light forward.
KJV
And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
NKJV
You shall make seven lamps for it, and they shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it.
What does Exodus 25:37 mean?
The Lord has given instructions for making a seven-branched lampstand (Exodus 25:31). This menorāh will be placed in the tabernacle (Exodus 25:8–9). Also used there are the ark (Exodus 25:10–11), table (Exodus 25:23–24), incense altar (Exodus 30:1–10), and sacrificial altar (Exodus 27:1–8).The lampstand is made of a central trunk and six branches (Exodus 25:32–36). The entire assembly is joined as a single unit of gold (Exodus 25:39). At the end of the seven branches there are places for lamps. The light from these lamps will illuminate one of the central rooms of the tabernacle (Numbers 8:2).
