And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
The lampstand was solid gold, not hollow, and magnificently wrought with ornamental knops and flowers, but far more than decoration, it spoke truth. The tabernacle had no windows because that old covenant dwelt in darkness; the sun of righteousness had not yet risen. Yet God did not leave them in silence: His Word was their lamp, the prophets were branches spreading its light through the ages. We have the same light still, though the world remains a dark place without it.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 25:31-40
And look that thou make them,.... Or see that they are made by workmen employed: after their pattern, which was showed thee in the mount; from whence it appears, that as Moses was showed the model of the tabernacle, so also of the candlestick, and of all its appurtenances, and of every other vessel in it; and he is strictly charged to look carefully and...
they shall light the lamps . . . that they may give light--The light was derived from pure olive oil, and probably kept continually burning (compare Exo 30:7; Lev 24:2).