Exodus 37:20
18 Six branches extended from the sides, three on one side and three on the other.
19 There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.
And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
21 A bud was under the first pair of branches that extended from the lampstand, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.
22 The buds and branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
- KJV
- And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
- WEB
- In the lamp stand were four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
- ASV
- And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;
- DARBY
- And in the candlestick were four cups, shaped like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers;
- BLB
- And on the lampstand itself [were] four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers.
- ÅB
- På selve lysestaken var det fire mandelformede beger med knopper og blomster,
- OTB
- Selve lysestaken hadde fire skåler formet som mandelblomster med knopper og blomster.
- B1930
- På selve lysestaken var det fire mandelformede beger med knopper og blomster,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 17:8
The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 12:5
when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
Read in contextJeremiah 1:11
And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
Read in contextExodus 25:33
There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.
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