Exodus 25:32

32 It should have six branches growing out from its sides, three branches on one side of the lampstand and three branches on the other side of the lampstand.

Exodus 25:32 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 25:32

And six branches shall come out of the sides of it
Out of the trunk or shaft, being beaten out of it:

three branches of the candlestick out of one side, and three branches
of the candlestick out of the other side;
Jarchi takes what we render the "shaft" to be the lower part of the candlestick, from whence three feet went out below; and the "branch" or "cane", for it is in the singular number in the preceding verse, he takes to be the middle branch or trunk, that went up from the middle of the foot upwards, and upon it was the middle lamp, in the form of a censer, to pour oil into the midst of it; and the six branches went out from the sides of that, here and there drawn obliquely, and went up to the height of the candlestick, which is the middle branch or cane; and they went up from the midst of that middle cane, one above another, the lowermost long, and that above it shorter than that, and the uppermost shorter than that; for the height of the tops of them were equal to the height of the middle cane, that is, the seventh, from whence the six went out.

Exodus 25:32 In-Context

30 Set the bread of the presence on the table so it is always in front of me.

31 Make a lampstand of pure hammered gold. The lampstand's base, branches, cups, flowers, and petals should all be attached to it.

32 It should have six branches growing out from its sides, three branches on one side of the lampstand and three branches on the other side of the lampstand.

33 One branch will have three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a flower and petals, and the next branch will also have three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a flower and petals. So it will be for the six branches that grow out of the lampstand.

34 In addition, on the lampstand itself there will be four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its flower and petals.