Exodus 25:34

The NET Bible®

On the lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms,

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

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 "You are to make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand is to be made of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms are to be from the same piece. ³² 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. ³³ Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on the next branch, and the same for the six branches extending from the lampstand. ³⁴ On the lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms, ³⁵ with a bud under the first two branches from it, and a bud under the next two branches from it, and a bud under the third two branches from it, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand. ³⁶ Their buds and their branches will be one piece, all of it one hammered piece of pure gold. ³⁷ "You are to make its seven lamps, and then set its lamps up on it, so that it will give light to the area in front of it. ³⁸ Its trimmers and its trays are to be of pure gold. ³⁹ About seventy-five pounds of pure gold is to be used for it and for all these utensils. ⁴⁰ Now be sure to make them according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain.

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Cross-References

Genesis 25:16
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their settlements and their camps—twelve princes according to their clans.

Genesis 25:17
Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. He breathed his last and died; then he joined his ancestors.

Genesis 25:18
His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which runs next to Egypt all the way to Asshur. They settled away from all their relatives.

Genesis 25:19
This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac.

Genesis 25:20
When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.

Psalms 106:24
They rejected the fruitful land; they did not believe his promise.

Ecclesiastes 8:15
So I recommend the enjoyment of life, for there is nothing better on earth for a person to do except to eat, drink, and enjoy life. So joy will accompany him in his toil during the days of his life which God gives him on earth.

Isaiah 22:13
But look, there is outright celebration! You say, "Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep, eat meat and drink wine. Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"

Zechariah 11:13
The Lord then said to me, "Throw to the potter that exorbitant sum at which they valued me!" So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the temple of the Lord .

Matthew 22:5
But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another 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.