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Exodus 25:35-37
New English Translation
Exodus 25:35-37
New English Translation
35 with a bud under the first[a] two branches from it, and a bud under the next[b] two branches from it, and a bud under the third[c] two branches from it, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand. 36 Their buds and their branches will be one piece,[d] all of it one hammered piece of pure gold.
37 “You are to make its seven lamps[e] and then set[f] its lamps up on it, so that it will give light[g] to the area in front of it.
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- Exodus 25:35 tn For clarity the phrase “the first” has been supplied.
- Exodus 25:35 tn For clarity the phrase “the next” has been supplied.
- Exodus 25:35 tn For clarity the phrase “the third” has been supplied.
- Exodus 25:36 tn Heb “will be from it.”
- Exodus 25:37 tn The word for “lamps” is from the same root as the lampstand, of course. The word is נֵרוֹת (nerot). This probably refers to the small saucer-like pottery lamps that are made very simply with the rim pinched over to form a place to lay the wick. The bowl is then filled with olive oil as fuel.
- Exodus 25:37 tn The translation “set up on” is from the Hebrew verb “bring up.” The construction is impersonal, “and he will bring up,” meaning “one will bring up.” It may mean that people were to fix the lamps on to the shaft and the branches, rather than cause the light to go up (see S. R. Driver, Exodus, 277).
- Exodus 25:37 tn This is a Hiphil perfect with vav consecutive, from אוֹר (ʾor, “light”), and in the causative, “to light, give light.”
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