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Exodus 37:23

He made seven lamps for the lampstand, and he made its tongs and trays of pure gold.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gold;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Candlestick;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Candlestick;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Firepan;   Holy Place;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Firepan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Snuffers, Snuff Dishes;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Lamp Lampstand;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Crown;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Candlestick;   Handicraft;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Candlestick,;   Firepan,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Censer;   Firepan;   Snuffers;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold.
King James Version
And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
Lexham English Bible
And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its fire pans of pure gold.
New Century Version
He made seven pure gold lamps for this lampstand, and he made pure gold wick trimmers and trays.
New English Translation
He made its seven lamps, its trimmers, and its trays of pure gold.
Amplified Bible
He made its seven lamps with its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.
New American Standard Bible
And he made its seven lamps with its tongs and its trays of pure gold.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he made for it seuen lampes with the snuffers, and snufdishes thereof of pure golde.
Legacy Standard Bible
He made its seven lamps with its tongs and its trays of pure gold.
Contemporary English Version
The lamp and its equipment, including the tongs and trays, were made of about seventy-five pounds of pure gold.
Complete Jewish Bible
He made its seven lamps, its tongs and its trays of pure gold.
Darby Translation
And he made the seven lamps thereof, and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trays thereof, of pure gold.
Easy-to-Read Version
He made seven lamps for this lampstand. Then he made lamp snuffers and trays from pure gold.
English Standard Version
And he made its seven lamps and its tongs and its trays of pure gold.
George Lamsa Translation
And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its snuff dishes of pure gold.
Christian Standard Bible®
He also made its seven lamps, snuffers, and firepans of pure gold.
Literal Translation
And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its pans of pure gold.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he made the seuen lampes with their snoffers & outquenchers of pure golde.
American Standard Version
And he made the lamps thereof, seven, and the snuffers thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, of pure gold.
Bible in Basic English
And he made the seven vessels for the lights, and all the necessary instruments for it, of gold.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he made his seuen lampes, with the snuffers, and vessels for the snuffe, of pure golde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he made the lamps thereof, seven, and the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, of pure gold.
King James Version (1611)
And he made his seuen lampes, and his snuffers, and his snuffe-dishes of pure gold.
English Revised Version
And he made the lamps thereof, seven, and the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, of pure gold.
Berean Standard Bible
He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He made also seuene lanternes, with her `snytyng tongis, and the vessels where `tho thingis, that ben snytid out, ben quenchid, of clennest gold.
Young's Literal Translation
And he maketh its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-dishes, of pure gold;
Update Bible Version
And he made the lamps thereof, seven, and the snuffers thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, of pure gold.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-dishes, [of] pure gold.
World English Bible
He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold.
New King James Version
And he made its seven lamps, its wick-trimmers, and its trays of pure gold.
New Living Translation
He also made seven lamps for the lampstand, lamp snuffers, and trays, all of pure gold.
New Life Bible
He made its seven lamps, the tools for putting out the light, and its dishes of pure gold.
New Revised Standard
He made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he made the lamps thereof seven, - with its snuffers and its snuff-trays, of pure gold.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He made also the seven lamps with their snuffers, and the vessels where the snuffings were to be put out, of the purest gold.
Revised Standard Version
And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He made its seven lamps with its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.

Contextual Overview

10 He made the table out of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high. 11 He covered it with pure gold and put a gold border around it. 12 He made a rim 3 inches wide around it and put a gold border around the rim. 13 He made four carrying rings of gold for it and put them at the four corners, where the legs were. 14 The rings to hold the poles for carrying the table were placed near the rim. 15 He made the poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold. 16 He made the dishes of pure gold for the table: the plates, the cups, the jars, and the bowls to be used for the wine offering. 17 He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made its base and its shaft of hammered gold; its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, formed one piece with it. 18 Six branches extended from its sides, three from each side. 19 Each of the six branches had three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 25:37, Numbers 8:2, Zechariah 4:2, Revelation 1:12, Revelation 1:20, Revelation 2:1, Revelation 4:5, Revelation 5:5

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:38 - the tongs 2 Kings 25:15 - and such things 2 Chronicles 4:22 - snuffers Jeremiah 52:18 - the snuffers

Cross-References

Genesis 37:3
Jacob loved Joseph more than all his other sons, because he had been born to him when he was old. He made a long robe with full sleeves for him.
Genesis 37:31
Then they killed a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in its blood.
Genesis 37:33
He recognized it and said, "Yes, it is his! Some wild animal has killed him. My son Joseph has been torn to pieces!"
Genesis 42:21
and said to one another, "Yes, now we are suffering the consequences of what we did to our brother; we saw the great trouble he was in when he begged for help, but we would not listen. That is why we are in this trouble now."
Psalms 22:18
They gamble for my clothes and divide them among themselves.
Matthew 27:28
They stripped off his clothes and put a scarlet robe on him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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