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Exodus 25:33

Exodus 25:33
Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same,.... According to Jarchi, from the middle of the knop (which was like a pomegranate, or, as others, like an apple) two branches were drawn from…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Exodus 25:31-39

Exo 25:31 A candlestick of pure gold - (Compare Exo 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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Exodus 25:31-40

I. The next thing ordered to be made for the furnishing of God's palace was a rich stately candlestick, all of pure gold, not hollow, but solid. The particular directions here given concerning it…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

There were three of these cups, shaped like almond-flowers, in each of the six branches.

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