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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…
Adam Clarke
Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels - That is, a talent of gold in weight was used in making the candlestick, and the different vessels and instruments which belonged to…
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…
Cambridge Bible
a talent probably (DB.iv. 903 b, 906 a) 673, 500 grs. = c.96 lb. avoirdupois, worth, at the present value of gold, c.£5460.