Exodus 25:32

New Century Version

The lampstand must have six branches going out from its sides—three on one side and three on the other.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the menorah out of its one side, and three branches of the menorah out of its other side;

King James Version
And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:

Lexham English Bible
And six branches will be going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side.

New English Translation
Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand, three branches of the lampstand from one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it.

Amplified Bible
"Six branches shall come out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand out of the one side and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side [the shaft being the seventh branch].

New American Standard Bible
"Six branches shall go out from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its other side.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Six braunches also shall come out of the sides of it: three branches of the Candlesticke out of the one side of it, & three branches of the Candlesticke out of the other side of it.

Legacy Standard Bible
Six branches shall go out from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its other side.

Contemporary English Version
with three branches on each of its two sides.

Complete Jewish Bible
It is to have six branches extending from its sides, three branches of the menorah on one side of it and three on the other.

Darby Translation
And six branches shall come out of the sides thereof—three branches of the lamp-stand out of one side thereof, and three branches of the lamp-stand out of the other side thereof;

Easy-to-Read Version
"The lampstand must have six branches—three branches on one side and three branches on the other.

English Standard Version
And there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;

George Lamsa Translation
And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side;

Good News Translation
Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side.

Christian Standard Bible®
Six branches are to extend from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side.

Literal Translation
And six branches shall go out from its sides, three branches of the lamp from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Sixe braunches shall proceade out of the sydes of the candelsticke, out of euery syde thre braunches.

American Standard Version
and there shall be six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:

Bible in Basic English
It is to have six branches coming out from its sides; three branches from one side and three from the other.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Sixe braunches also shall proceede out of the sides of it: three braunches of the candelsticke out of the one side, and three out of the other.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And there shall be six branches going out of the sides thereof: three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candle-stick out of the other side thereof;

King James Version (1611)
And sixe branches shall come out of the sides of it: three branches of the candlesticke out of the one side, and three branches of the candlesticke out of the other side:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And six branches proceeding sideways, three branches of the candlestick from one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side.

English Revised Version
and there shall be six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:

Berean Standard Bible
Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand-three on one side and three on the other.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sixe yerdis schulen go out of the sidis, thre of o side, and thre of the tother.

Young's Literal Translation
and six branches are coming out of its sides, three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the second side;

Update Bible Version
And there shall be six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:

Webster's Bible Translation
And six branches shall extend from the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick from the one side, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side:

World English Bible
There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side;

New King James Version
And six branches shall come out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side.

New Living Translation
Make it with six branches going out from the center stem, three on each side.

New Life Bible
Six branches will go out of its sides, three branches of the lamp-stand out of one side, and three branches out of its other side.

New Revised Standard
and there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
with, six branches, coming out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand, out the one side thereof, and three branches of the lampstand, out of the other side thereof:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Six branches shall come out of the sides, three out of one side, and three out of the other.

Revised Standard Version
and there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Six branches shall go out from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its other side.

Contextual Overview

³¹ "Hammer pure gold to make a lampstand. Its base, stand, flower-like cups, buds, and petals must all be joined together in one piece. ³² The lampstand must have six branches going out from its sides—three on one side and three on the other. ³³ Each branch must have three cups shaped like almond flowers on it. Each cup must have a bud and a petal. Each of the six branches going out from the lampstand must be the same. ³⁴ And there must be four more cups made like almond flowers on the lampstand itself. These cups must also have buds and petals. ³⁵ Put a bud under each pair of branches that goes out from the lampstand. Each of the six branches going out from the lampstand must be the same. ³⁶ The branches, buds, and lampstand must be made of one piece, hammered out of pure gold. ³⁷ "Then make seven small oil lamps and put them on the lampstand so that they give light to the area in front of it. ³⁸ The wick trimmers and trays must be made of pure gold. ³⁹ Use seventy-five pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and everything with it. ⁴⁰ Be very careful to make them by the plan I showed you on the mountain.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Exodus 31:4 - General

Cross-References

Exodus 22:9
"Suppose two men disagree about who owns something—whether ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or something else that is lost. If each says, ‘This is mine,' each man must bring his case to God. God's judges will decide who is guilty, and that person must pay the other man twice as much as the object is worth.

Job 21:15
Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? What would we gain by praying to him?'

Job 22:17
They said to God, ‘Leave us alone! The Almighty can do nothing to us.'

Job 34:9
because he says, ‘It is no use to try to please God.'

Malachi 3:14
"You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. It did no good to obey his laws and to show the Lord All-Powerful that we were sorry for what we did.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And six branches shall come out of the sides of it,.... Out of the trunk or shaft, being beaten out of it:

three branches of the candlestick out of one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side; Jarchi takes what we render the "shaft" to be the lower part of the candlestick, from whence three feet went out below; and the "branch" or "cane", for it is in the singular number in the preceding verse, he takes to be the middle branch or trunk, that went up from the middle of the foot upwards, and upon it was the middle lamp, in the form of a censer, to pour oil into the midst of it; and the six branches went out from the sides of that, here and there drawn obliquely, and went up to the height of the candlestick, which is the middle branch or cane; and they went up from the midst of that middle cane, one above another, the lowermost long, and that above it shorter than that, and the uppermost shorter than that; for the height of the tops of them were equal to the height of the middle cane, that is, the seventh, from whence the six went out.

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.