Exodus 25:33

33 And there shalbe .iij. cuppes like vnto almondes with knoppes ad floures vppon euery one of the .vi. braunches that procede out of the cadelstycke:

Exodus 25:33 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 25:33

Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower
in one branch
There were three bowls or cups in the form of almond nuts to each branch, which were either to hold oil for the lamps, as before observed, or, as others think, to catch the snuff which fell from them; and there were a "knop", which, according to the signification of the word, was in the form of a pomegranate, and a flower, which the Targum of Jonathan renders a lily; and they are both in Scripture emblems of the saints endowed with the gifts and graces of the Spirit:

and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch;
on the other side of the candlestick, opposite to the former:

so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick;
there were the same number of bowls, with a knop and a flower in the rest of the branches, as in those mentioned.

Exodus 25:33 In-Context

31 And thou shalt make a candelsticke of pure thicke golde with his shaft, braunches, bolles, knoppes ad floures proceadynge there out

32 Syxe braunches shall procede out of the sydes of the candelsticke .iij. out of the one syde and iij. out of the other.

33 And there shalbe .iij. cuppes like vnto almondes with knoppes ad floures vppon euery one of the .vi. braunches that procede out of the cadelstycke:

34 and in the candelsticke selfe .iiij. cuppes like vnto almondes with their knoppes and floures:

35 that there be a knope vnder eueri .ij. brauches of the syxe that procede out of the cadelstycke.