 Six branches spread out from this main lampstand, certainly three on each side, and probably reaching up in pairs as high or nearly as high as the central shaft. And so there were seven lamps in all, one in the center and then three on each side. This lampstand was beaten out of pure gold. According to the craftsmanship of the time, craftsmen would have taken some kind of wooden mold and then hammered out the gold in the shape of the lampstand.