Exode 25:38

38 Et ses mouchettes, et ses porte-mouchettes seront d'or pur.

Exode 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.

Exode 25:38 In-Context

36 Ses pommes et ses branches en seront tirées; il sera tout entier d'une seule pièce au marteau, en or pur.

37 Tu feras aussi ses sept lampes; et l'on allumera ses lampes, de manière qu'elles éclairent en avant du chandelier.

38 Et ses mouchettes, et ses porte-mouchettes seront d'or pur.

39 On fera ce chandelier, avec tous ses ustensiles, d'un talent d'or pur.

40 Regarde donc, et fais-les d'après leur modèle, qui t'a été montré sur la montagne.