Editing Temple menorah (section)

=== Hebrew Bible ===
The [[Hebrew Bible]] states that [[God in Judaism|God]] revealed the design for the menorah to [[Moses]] and describes the construction of the menorah as follows:<ref>{{bibleverse||Exodus|25:31–40|HE}}</ref>
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<sup>31</sup>Make a lampstand of pure gold. Hammer out its base and shaft, and make its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them.
<sup>32</sup>Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.
<sup>33</sup>Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand.
<sup>34</sup>And on the lampstand are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms.
<sup>35</sup>One bud shall be under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair—six branches in all.
<sup>36</sup>The buds and branches shall be all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.

<sup>37</sup>Then make its seven lamps and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it.
<sup>38</sup>Its wick trimmers and trays are to be of pure gold.
<sup>39</sup>A [[Talent (measurement)|talent]] of pure gold is to be used for the lampstand and all these accessories.
<sup>40</sup>See that you make them according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+25%3A31-40&version=NIV Exodus 25:31-40] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129075855/https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+25%3A31-40&version=NIV |date=29 November 2019 }}, ''New International Version''.</ref>
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The Book of [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] (Chapter 8) adds that the seven lamps are to give light in front of the lampstand and reiterates that the lampstand was made in accordance with the pattern shown to Moses on the mountain.<ref>Numbers 8:1-4</ref>