Ver. 38 And the tongs thereof Which, 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, ( 1 Kings 7:491 Kings 7:50 ) 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. Jarchi says they were a sort of small cups, in which they put the ashes of the lamp, morning by morning, when they trimmed the lamps from the ashes of the wicks which burned in the night, and were extinct: so Ben Gersom and Lyra say they were vessels full of water where those were put which were snuffed off, that they might not make a smoke, which is not improbable.
36
Their buds and their branches will be from it, all of it one [piece] of pure gold hammered work.
37
And you will make its seven lamps, and its lamps will be set up, and it will give light {in the space in front of it}.
38
And its snuffers and its fire pans [will be] pure gold.
39
It will be made [from] a talent of pure gold, with all these [pieces of] equipment.
40
And see and make [all] according to their pattern, which you were shown in the mountain.
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