Exodus 37:22
in Exodus 37The buds and branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Their knops and their branches were of one piece with it: the whole of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
KJV
Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
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This verse in Exodus 37
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold
on Exodus 37:17-22
The lampstand is the one item of furniture given no dimensions, here or in the command at 25:31 to 39. The only quantity is a weight of gold, all of it hammered into one piece.
This site's exposition
all of one piece with the lampstand
The buds and branches were hammered out of the same piece of pure gold as the base and shaft of the lampstand, as 25:36 commanded. Hebrews 8:5 quotes the charge of 25:40 about the pattern. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read each piece as a figure of the gospel.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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 & Brown1802–1910
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
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כַּפְתֹּרֵיהֶ֥ם | kaftoreihem | bulbs their | H3730 → | 18 times |
| וּקְנֹתָ֖ם | ukenotam | and branches their | H7070 → | 62 times |
| מִמֶּ֣נָּה | mimenah | from it | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָי֑וּ | hayu | they were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כֻּלָּ֛הּ | kulah | all of it | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מִקְשָׁ֥ה | mikshah | [was] hammered work | H4749 → | 9 times |
| אַחַ֖ת | ʾachat | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| זָהָ֥ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| טָהֽוֹר׃ | tahor | pure | H2889 → | 94 times |
כַּפְתֹּרֵיהֶ֥םbulbs their
kaftoreihemH3730 →18 times
וּקְנֹתָ֖םand branches their
ukenotamH7070 →62 times
מִמֶּ֣נָּהfrom it
mimenahH4480 →1188 times
הָי֑וּthey were
hayuH1961 →3559 times
כֻּלָּ֛הּall of it
kulahH3605 →5413 times
מִקְשָׁ֥ה[was] hammered work
mikshahH4749 →9 times
אַחַ֖תone
ʾachatH259 →971 times
זָהָ֥בgold
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
Colossians 3:5Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
it leads to
- Romans 8:13
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Galatians 5:19–21
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
- Romans 8:13
Through
1 Corinthians 9:27No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 9:25
Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
- Colossians 3:5
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
- 2 Corinthians 13:5–6
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?
- 1 Peter 2:11
Through
Psalms 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
it leads to
- Psalms 34:18
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
- Isaiah 66:2
Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles…
- Psalms 34:18
Where this verse is studied
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About Exodus
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.