Exodus 25:36

Contemporary English Version

The lampstand, including its branches and decorative flowers, must be made from a single piece of hammered pure gold.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold.

King James Version
Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.

Lexham English Bible
Their buds and their branches will be from it, all of it one piece of pure gold hammered work.

New Century Version
The branches, buds, and lampstand must be made of one piece, hammered out of pure gold.

New English Translation
Their buds and their branches will be one piece, all of it one hammered piece of pure gold.

Amplified Bible
"Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold.

New American Standard Bible
"Their bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Their knops and their branches shall bee thereof. all this shalbe one beaten worke of pure golde.

Legacy Standard Bible
Their bulbs and their branches shall be of the same piece; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold.

Complete Jewish Bible
The rings of outer leaves and their branches are to be of one piece with the shaft. Thus the whole menorah is to be a single piece of hammered work made of pure gold.

Darby Translation
Their knobs and their branches shall be of itself—all of one beaten work of pure gold.

Easy-to-Read Version
The whole lampstand with the flowers and branches must be made from pure gold. All this gold must be hammered and joined together into one piece.

English Standard Version
Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it a single piece of hammered work of pure gold.

George Lamsa Translation
Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece; all of it shall be of one piece cast of pure gold.

Good News Translation
The buds, the branches, and the lampstand are to be a single piece of pure hammered gold.

Christian Standard Bible®
Their buds and branches are to be of one piece. All of it is to be a single hammered piece of pure gold.

Literal Translation
Their knobs and their branches shall be of it, all of it one beaten work of pure gold.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For both the knoppes and braunches shall proceade out of the shaft, all one pece of fyne beaten golde.

American Standard Version
Their knops and their branches shall be of one piece with it; the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold.

Bible in Basic English
The buds and the branches are to be made of the same metal; all together one complete work of hammered gold.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Their knoppes and their braunches shalbe of it: and it shalbe one whole worke, euen of pure golde.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Their knops and their branches shall be of one piece with it; the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold.

King James Version (1611)
Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall bee one beaten worke of pure gold.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Let the knops and the branches be of one piece, altogether graven of one piece of pure gold.

English Revised Version
Their knops and their branches shall be of one piece with it: the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold.

Berean Standard Bible
The buds and branches are to be all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
therof schulen be alle betun out with hamer, of clenneste gold.

Young's Literal Translation
their knops and their branches are of the same, all of it one beaten work of pure gold;

Update Bible Version
Their knops and their branches shall be of one piece with it; the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold.

Webster's Bible Translation
Their knobs and their branches shall be of the same: all of it [shall be] one beaten work [of] pure gold.

World English Bible
Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold.

New King James Version
Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece; all of it shall be one hammered piece of pure gold.

New Living Translation
The almond buds and branches must all be of one piece with the center stem, and they must be hammered from pure gold.

New Life Bible
Their buds and their branches will all be one piece with the lamp-stand of pure, beaten gold.

New Revised Standard
Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it one hammered piece of pure gold.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
their apples and their branches, of the same, shall be, - all of it, of one beaten work, of pure gold.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And both the bowls and the branches shall be of the same beaten work of the purest gold.

Revised Standard Version
Their capitals and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it one piece of hammered work of pure gold.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Their bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold.

Contextual Overview

³¹ The Lord said: Make a lampstand of pure gold. The whole lampstand, including its decorative flowers, must be made from a single piece of hammered gold ³² with three branches on each of its two sides. ³³ There are to be three decorative almond blossoms on each branch ³⁴ and four on the stem. ³⁵ There must also be a blossom where each pair of branches comes out from the stem. ³⁶ The lampstand, including its branches and decorative flowers, must be made from a single piece of hammered pure gold. ³⁷ The lamp on the top and those at the end of each of its six branches must be made so as to shine toward the front of the lampstand. ³⁸ The tongs and trays for taking care of the lamps are to be made of pure gold. ³⁹ The lampstand and its equipment will require seventy-five pounds of pure gold, ⁴⁰ and they must be made according to the pattern I showed you on the mountain.

Bible Verse Review
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beaten: Exodus 25:18, Numbers 8:4, 1 Kings 10:16, 1 Kings 10:17, 2 Chronicles 9:15

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Their knops and their branches shall be of the same,.... Of the same metal, gold, and of same mass:

all of it shall be one beaten work of pure gold not made in parts, and then put and soldered together, but the whole candlestick in all its parts and branches were to be beaten out of one piece of gold.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 25:31

A candlestick of pure gold - (Compare Exodus 37:17-24.) A lampstand rather than a candlestick. Its purpose was to support seven oil-lamps. Its height appears to have been about three feet, and its width two feet. The original foot was lost or stolen when the candlestick was taken out of the temple, and the pedestal in the sculpture was added by some Roman artist to set off the trophy.

His shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers - Or, its base, its stem, its flower cups, its knobs, and its lilies.

Exodus 25:33

Three bowls made like unto almonds - Three cups of almond flowers. These appear to be the cups in immediate contact with the knobs as shown in the sculpture.

A flower - A lily; and this rendering well agrees with the sculpture.

The candlestick - Here, and in the two following verses, the word appears to denote “the stem,” as the essential part of the candlestick. It would seem from Exodus 25:33-35 that the ornamentation of the candlestick consisted of uniform members, each comprising a series of an almond flower, a knob and a lily; that the stem comprised four of these members; that each pair of branches was united to the stem at one of the knobs; and that each branch comprised three members. In comparing the description in the text with the sculptured figure, allowance must be made for some deviation in the sculptor’s copy.

Exodus 25:37

Seven lamps - These lamps were probably like those used by the Egyptian and other nations, shallow covered vessels more or less of an oval form, with a mouth at one end from which the wick protruded. The candlestick was placed on the south side of the holy place Exodus 26:35, with the line of lamps parallel with the wall, or, according to Josephus, somewhat obliquely. If the wick-mouths of the lamps were turned outwards, they would give light over against the candlestick; that is, toward the north side (see Numbers 8:2).

Light was of necessity required in the tabernacle, and wherever light is used in ceremonial observance, it may of course be taken in a general way as a figure of the Light of Truth; but in the sanctuary of the covenanted people, it must plainly have been understood as expressly significant that the number of the lamps (seven) agreed with the number of the covenant. The covenant of Yahweh was essentially a covenant of light.

They shall light - See the margin and the note at Leviticus 1:9.

Exodus 25:38

The tongs - Used to trim and adjust the wicks. (Compare Isaiah 6:6.)

The snuff-dishes - These were shallow vessels used to receive the burnt fragments of wick removed by the tongs. The same Hebrew word is translated, in accordance with its connection, “fire pans,” Exodus 27:3; Exodus 38:3; and “censers,” Numbers 4:14; Numbers 16:6.

Exodus 25:39

A talent of pure gold - about 94 lbs.