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The Lampstand

Exodus 37:20

In 11 translations

BSB
And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
KJV
And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
WEB
In the lamp stand were four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
ASV
And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;
LSV
And in the lampstand [are] four calyxes, made like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers,
YLT
And in the candlestick [are] four calyxes, made like almonds, its knops, and its flowers,
DBY
And in the candlestick were four cups, shaped like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers;
DRC
And in the shaft itself were four cups after the manner of a nut, and bowls withal at every one, and lilies:
GNV
And vpon the Candlesticke were foure bolles after the facion of almondes, the knoppes thereof and the floures thereof:
JPS
And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;
LXXE
And Beseleel the son of Urias of the tribe of Juda, did as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וּבַמְּנֹרָ֖ה אַרְבָּעָ֣ה גְבִעִ֑ים מְשֻׁ֨קָּדִ֔ים כַּפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָ וּפְרָחֶֽיהָ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ Βεσελεὴλ ὁ τοῦ Οὐρείου, ἐκ φυλῆς Ἰούδα, ἐποίησε καθὰ συνέταξε Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 1:11And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
  • Exodus 25:33There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.
  • Ecclesiastes 12:5when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
  • Numbers 17:8The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 38:17d in some Bibles
  • 37:17d in some Bibles

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