Ki Tisa 5781

Question: 31:8 What is meaning of the designation of the מנורה being טהורה? Especially as this description is not given earlier (see 30:27)

Approach: It would seem to me that the designation relates to the difficulty of preparing the מנורה from a single piece of metal. And hence why it appears here, where we're told of the craftsmen who will be responsible for the actual formation. The only other time it appears in ספר שמות is when the final products are presented to משה, which would imply that the task was done successfully.