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The Making of the Lampstand

17 Bezalel[a] made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were from the same piece.[b] 18 Six branches were extending from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it. 19 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the next[c] branch, and the same[d] for the six branches that were extending from the lampstand.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 37:17 tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Exodus 37:17 tn Heb “from it”; the referent (“the same piece” of wrought metal) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. Exodus 37:19 tn Heb “the one branch.” But the repetition of “one…one” means here one after another, or the “first” and then the “next.”
  4. Exodus 37:19 tn Heb “thus for six branches….”