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New Century Version

Exodus 25:34

And there must be four more cups made like almond flowers on the lampstand itself. These cups must also have buds and petals.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Candlestick;   Tabernacle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Flowers;   Lamp;   Tabernacle;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Almond;   Bowl;   Candlestick;   Knop;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Almond Tree;   Candlestick;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Almond;   Cup;   Flowers;   Knob;   Lamps, Lighting, Lampstand;   Menorah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Almond;   Colours;   Leviticus;   Numbers, Book of;   Tabernacle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Censer;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Almond, Almond Tree;   Bowl;   Candlestick;   Knops;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Almond tree;   Candlestick;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Almond Tree;   ;   Candlestick,;   Knop,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Almond Tree;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Tabernacle, the;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Candlestick, the Golden;   Tabernacle;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Almond tree;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sar Shalom ben Boaz;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and in the menorah four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
King James Version
And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
Lexham English Bible
And on the lampstand will be four almond-flower cups, with its buds and its blossoms.
New English Translation
On the lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms,
Amplified Bible
and in the [center shaft of the] lampstand [you shall make] four cups shaped like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and their flowers.
New American Standard Bible
and on the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And in the shaft of the Candlesticke shalbe foure boules like vnto almondes, his knops & his floures.
Legacy Standard Bible
and in the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers.
Contemporary English Version
and four on the stem.
Complete Jewish Bible
On the central shaft of the menorah are to be four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its ring of outer leaves and petals.
Darby Translation
And in the lamp-stand four cups shaped like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;
Easy-to-Read Version
Make four more flowers for the lampstand. These flowers must be made like almond flowers with buds and petals.
English Standard Version
And on the lampstand itself there shall be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers,
George Lamsa Translation
And on the candlestick shall be four bowls made like almonds, with their buds and flowers.
Good News Translation
The shaft of the lampstand is to have four decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
Christian Standard Bible®
There are to be four cups shaped like almond blossoms on the lampstand shaft along with its buds and petals.
Literal Translation
And on the lampstand shall be four almond like calyxes, each with its knobs and its blossoms;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the shaft of the candilsticke it self shal haue foure cuppes, knoppes and floures,
American Standard Version
and in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;
Bible in Basic English
And on the pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And in the candelsticke it selfe [there shalbe] foure bolles like vnto almondes, with their knoppes and flowres.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof.
King James Version (1611)
And in the candlesticke shall bee foure bowles made like vnto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds, in each branch knops and the flowers of the same.
English Revised Version
and in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof:
Berean Standard Bible
And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe in thilke candilstik e schulen be foure cuppis in the maner of a note, and litle rundels and lilies by ech cuppe;
Young's Literal Translation
`And in the candlestick [are] four calyxes made like almonds, its knops and its flowers;
Update Bible Version
and in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;
Webster's Bible Translation
And in the candlesticks [shall be] four bowls made like to almonds, [with] their knobs and their flowers.
World English Bible
and in the lampstand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
New King James Version
On the lampstand itself four bowls shall be made like almond blossoms, each with its ornamental knob and flower.
New Living Translation
Craft the center stem of the lampstand with four lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
New Life Bible
Four cups made to look like almond flowers, with their buds and flowers, will be put on the lamp-stand's base.
New Revised Standard
On the lampstand itself there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyxes and petals.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And in the lampstand itself, four cups, - like almond-flowers - its apples, and its blossoms;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And in the candlestick itself shall be four cups in the manner of a nut, and at every one bowls and lilies.
Revised Standard Version
and on the lampstand itself four cups made like almonds, with their capitals and flowers,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and in the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers.

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
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Cross-References

Genesis 25:16
These were Ishmael's sons, and these are the names of the tribal leaders listed according to their settlements and camps.
Genesis 25:17
Ishmael lived one hundred thirty-seven years and then breathed his last breath and died.
Genesis 25:18
His descendants lived from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt stretching toward Assyria. They often attacked the descendants of his brothers.
Genesis 25:19
This is the family history of Isaac. Abraham had a son named Isaac.
Genesis 25:20
When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, who came from Northwest Mesopotamia. She was Bethuel's daughter and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
Psalms 106:24
Then they refused to go into the beautiful land of Canaan; they did not believe what God promised.
Ecclesiastes 8:15
So I decided it was more important to enjoy life. The best that people can do here on earth is to eat, drink, and enjoy life, because these joys will help them do the hard work God gives them here on earth.
Isaiah 22:13
But look, the people are happy and are having wild parties. They kill the cattle and the sheep; they eat the food and drink the wine. They say, "Let us eat and drink, because tomorrow we will die."
Zechariah 11:13
The Lord said to me, "Throw the money to the potter." That is how little they thought I was worth. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the Temple of the Lord .
Matthew 22:5
"But the people refused to listen to the servants and left to do other things. One went to work in his field, and another went to his business.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And in the candlestick shall be four bowls,.... That is, in the trunk or body of it; the branches had but three apiece, but this being larger had four: and these were also

made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers; as the bowls on the branches had with them.

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.


 
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