Exodus 37:17

17 And he made the lampstand of pure gold; he made the lampstand of hammered work--its base and its branch, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were {all part of it}.

Exodus 37:17 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 37:17

(See Gill on Exodus 37:1).

Exodus 37:17 In-Context

15 And he made the poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them [with] gold to carry the table.

16 And he made the vessels that [were] on the table--its plates and its ladles, and its bowls and its pitchers with which [libations] were poured--[of] pure gold.

17 And he made the lampstand of pure gold; he made the lampstand of hammered work--its base and its branch, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were {all part of it}.

18 And six branches [were] going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side.

19 Three almond-flower cups [were] on the one branch [with] a bud and a blossom, and three almond-flower cups [were] on the one branch [with] a bud and a blossom--likewise for the six branches going out from the lampstand.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "from it"