Exodus 25:38

38 Zijn snuiters en zijn blusvaten zullen louter goud zijn.

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 Hun knopen en hun rieten zullen uit hem zijn; het zal altemaal een enig dicht werk van louter goud zijn.
37 Gij zult hem ook zeven lampen maken, en men zal zijn lampen aansteken, en doen lichten aan zijn zijden.
38 Zijn snuiters en zijn blusvaten zullen louter goud zijn.
39 Uit een talent louter goud zal men dat maken, met al dit gereedschap.
40 Zie dan toe, dat gij het maakt naar hun voorbeeld, hetwelk u op den berg getoond is.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.