The Feast of Tabernacles: The Most Joyous Feast on God’s Calendar
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Exodus 25:38
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"Its snuffers and their trays shall be of pure gold.
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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.
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.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Exodus 25:38 In-Context
36
"Their bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold.
37
"Then you shall make its lamps seven in number; and they shall mount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it.
38
"Its snuffers and their trays shall be of pure gold.
39
"It shall be made from a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.
40
"See that you make them after the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain.
Footnotes 1
- [a] Lit "its snuff dishes"
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