Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
God keeps a plentiful table in His tabernacle as in His world; but mark the difference between law and gospel. The show-bread was bread to look upon, not to eat, while the gospel spreads a table where all true believers are invited guests to feed upon the Bread of Life itself. The law showed us at a distance what grace gives us to enjoy and welcome.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 37:10-24
he made the candlestick of pure gold--Practical readers will be apt to say, "Why do such works with the hammer, when they could have been cast so much easier--a process they were well acquainted with?" The only answer that can be given is, that it was done according to order.
He made the candlestick - See this described in the note on Exo 25:31 (note).