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Exodus 37:18

in Exodus 37

Six branches extended from the sides, three on one side and three on the other.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And there were six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:

KJV

And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:

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This verse in Exodus 37

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

he made the candlestick of pure gold

on Exodus 37:17-22

The candlestick is the one item of furniture with no dimensions given, here or in the command at 25:31 to 25:39, where the only quantity stated is a weight of gold. It is hammered from a single piece and verse 22 says so plainly, all of it one beaten work, so the shaft and the six branches and every bowl and knop and flower are the same lump of metal. Its ornament is almond blossom, which is what Aaron's rod brings forth in Numbers 17:8 when God settles who is to serve him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary. The making of the golden altar, on which incense was to be burnt daily, which signified both the prayers of saints and the intercession of Christ, to which are owing the acceptableness and success of those prayers.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Every object was symbolical of important truth--every piece of furniture was made the hieroglyphic of a doctrine or a duty--on the floor and along the sides of that movable edifice was exhibited, by emblematic signs addressed to the eye, the whole remedial scheme of the gospel.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְשִׁשָּׁ֣הand six

    veshishahH8337 →216 times

  • קָנִ֔יםbranches

    kanimH7070 →62 times

  • יֹצְאִ֖ים[were] going out

    yotzeimH3318 →1067 times

  • מִצִּדֶּ֑יהָfrom sides its

    mitzideihaH6654 →33 times

  • שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה׀three

    sheloshahH7969 →432 times

  • קְנֵ֣יbranches of

    keneiH7070 →62 times

  • מְנֹרָ֗הlampstand

    menorahH4501 →42 times

  • מִצִּדָּהּ֙[were] from side its

    mitzidahH6654 →33 times

  • הָֽאֶחָ֔ד<the> one

    haechadH259 →971 times

  • וּשְׁלֹשָׁה֙and three

    usheloshahH7969 →432 times

  • קְנֵ֣יbranches of

    keneiH7070 →62 times

  • מְנֹרָ֔הlampstand

    menorahH4501 →42 times

  • מִצִּדָּ֖הּ[were] from side its

    mitzidahH6654 →33 times

  • הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃<the> second

    hasheniH8145 →156 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 37 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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