Exodus 25:38

38 You should also make its tongs and fire pans out of pure gold.

Exodus 25:38 Meaning and Commentary

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 7:49 1 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.

Exodus 25:38 In-Context

36 Their flowers and their branches will be permanently attached to it. The whole lampstand should be one piece of pure hammered gold.

37 Make its seven lamps and set up its lamps so that they direct their light in front of the lampstand.

38 You should also make its tongs and fire pans out of pure gold.

39 All these items should be made from pure gold weighing one kikkar.

40 See to it that you make them according to the blueprint for them that you were shown on the mountain.