The lampstand is sometimes referred to as the candlestick however candles were not yet invented, we will therefore keep more properly to the description of lampstand. The lampstand stood on the south side of the holy place, as you entered it was to the left. Three pairs of branches sprang from the central shaft rising straight from the base, all terminated in sockets at the same height into which the lamps were placed. The ornamentation of the lampstand was a very beautiful design using almond flowers, buds and blossoms. The size of the lampstand is not given in the bible description of it, we are therefore left to conjecture.
Jewish tradition assigns it a height of about five feet and width of about three and a half feet.
However Herod had a seven branched lampstand made for the Temple which was intended to resemble the lampstand of the tabernacle. This is shown in relief on the Arch of Titus in Rome where it was taken as a trophy of war after A.D.70. The Lampstand was the sole means of light as there were no windows in the sanctuary. The light was provided by seven lamps made of gold. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.