John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 4. And this work of the candlestick [was] of beaten gold , etc.] As it is also said to be; (see Gill on “ Exodus 25:31”); and (see Gill on “ Exodus 25:36”): unto the shalt thereof, unto the flowers thereof, [was] beaten work ; of which, (see Exodus 25:31); according unto the pattern which the Lord had showed Moses ; when on Mount Sinai with him: so he made the candlestick ; that is, ordered it to be made, and took care that it was made exactly to the pattern he had of it; otherwise Bezaleel was the artificer; and so the Targum of Jonathan here expresses him by name.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-4 - Aaron himself lighted the lamps, thus representing his Divine Master The Scripture is a light shining in a dark place, 2Pe 1:19. A dar place even the church would be without it; as the tabernacle, which ha no window, would have been without the lamps. The work of ministers is to light these lamps, by expounding and applying the word of God. Jesu Christ is the only Light of our dark, sinful world; and by his atonement, by his word and the Holy Spirit, he diffuses light around.
Original Hebrew וזה2088 מעשׂה4639 המנרה4501 מקשׁה4749 זהב2091 עד5704 ירכה3409 עד5704 פרחה6525 מקשׁה4749 הוא1931 כמראה4758 אשׁר834 הראה7200 יהוה3068 את853 משׁה4872 כן3651 עשׂה6213 את853 המנרה׃4501
