Charles Ellicott Commentary Numbers 8:4

"And this was the work of the candlestick, beaten work of gold; unto the base thereof, [and] unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work: according unto the pattern which Jehovah had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick." — Numbers 8:4 (ASV)

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

Beaten gold. —Better, turned (or twisted) gold.

To its shaft, to its flowers. —Literally, to its base, to its flower or blossom, i.e., the whole of the candlestick, from its base to its flowers. The several parts of the candlestick, beginning with the base and ending with the flowers, are enumerated in Exodus 25:31.