Exodus 25:38
in Exodus 25The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the snuffers thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
KJV
And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
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This verse in Exodus 25
Commentary
2 notes on this verseWhich, according to Jarchi, was a sort of forks with which they took the wicks out of the oil, and put them in the lamps; or, as some think, the snuffers, but they are distinguished from tongs, 1Ki 7:49 and the snuffdishes thereof shall be of pure gold; in which the tongs or snuffers were put, or into which the snuff itself was put that was snuffed off.
This site's exposition
make the seven lamps thereof
on Exodus 25:37-39
Seven lamps burn on it and they are the only light in the holy place, because the tent has no window. Leviticus 24:2 to 4 puts the priests under a standing order to dress them and keep them burning before the LORD continually. The candlestick and all its vessels are made of a talent of pure gold, and Revelation 1:12 and 1:20 set seven golden candlesticks around the risen Christ and name them seven churches.
The words behind it
4 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמַלְקָחֶ֥יהָ | umalkacheiha | and tongs its | H4457 → | |
| וּמַחְתֹּתֶ֖יהָ | umachtoteiha | and fire-pans its | H4289 → | 22 times |
| זָהָ֥ב | zahav | [will be] gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| טָהֽוֹר׃ | tahor | pure | H2889 → | 94 times |
וּמַלְקָחֶ֥יהָand tongs its
umalkacheihaH4457 →
וּמַחְתֹּתֶ֖יהָand fire-pans its
umachtoteihaH4289 →22 times
זָהָ֥ב[will be] gold
zahavH2091 →389 times
טָהֽוֹר׃pure
tahorH2889 →94 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 25:14They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
it leads to
- Exodus 27:3
Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 7:47–50
Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
- Exodus 27:3
Through
Exodus 37:23He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.
it leads to
- Revelation 1:20
This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 1:20
Through
Numbers 4:9They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, together with its lamps, wick trimmers, and trays, as well as the jars of oil with which to supply it.
it leads to
- Exodus 25:31–39
Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
- Exodus 25:31–39
Through
1 Kings 7:50the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors…
it leads to
- Leviticus 16:12
Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.
- Leviticus 16:12
Through
2 Chronicles 4:21the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold;
it leads to
- Exodus 37:20
And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
- 2 Chronicles 4:5
It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.
- 1 Kings 6:35
He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.
- Exodus 37:20
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus

This page draws on Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.
