The actual lighting of the lamps (compare the marginal references) was to be done to set forth symbolically the special presence which God had now …

And this work of the candlestick ... — Better, And this was the work of the candlestick, i.e., the material from which it…

And this work of the candlestick [was] of beaten gold
As it is also said to be; (See Gill on Exodus 25:31);…

Aaron himself lighted the lamps, thus representing his Divine Master. The Scripture is a light shining in a dark place ([Reference 2 Peter…