KJV King James Version
Three bowls made like unto almonds, [with] a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, [with] a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Exodus 25:33
Three bowls made like unto almonds, [with] a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, [with] a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
There 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.
WEB World English Bible
three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lampstand;
ASV American Standard Version
three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
three calyxes made like almonds in the one branch, a knop and a flower, and three calyxes made like almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; so for the six branches which are coming out from the candlestick.
Surrounding context — Exodus 25
30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
31 And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of] beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:
33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, [with] a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, [with] a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
34 And in the candlestick [shall be] four bowls made like unto almonds, [with] their knops and their flowers.
35 And [there shall be] a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it [shall be] one beaten work [of] pure gold.
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שְׁלֹשָׁ֣הH7969 · sha.loshthreeגְ֠בִעִיםH1375 · ge.vi.acupמְֽשֻׁקָּדִ֞יםH8246 · sha.qadbe almond shapedבַּקָּנֶ֣הH7070 · qa.nehbranchהָאֶחָד֮H259 · e.chadoneכַּפְתֹּ֣רH3730 · kaph.torcapitalוָפֶרַח֒H6525 · pe.rachflowerוּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣הH7969 · sha.loshthreeגְבִעִ֗יםH1375 · ge.vi.acupמְשֻׁקָּדִ֛יםH8246 · sha.qadbe almond shapedבַּקָּנֶ֥הH7070 · qa.nehbranchהָאֶחָ֖דH259 · e.chadoneכַּפְתֹּ֣רH3730 · kaph.torcapitalוָפָ֑רַחH6525 · pe.rachflowerכֵּ֚ןH3651 · kenrightלְשֵׁ֣שֶׁתH8337 · sheshsixהַקָּנִ֔יםH7070 · qa.nehbranchהַיֹּצְאִ֖יםH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeמִן־H4480 · minfromהַמְּנֹרָֽה׃H4501 · me.no.rahlampstand
Cross-references
Numbers 17:4-8And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.Jeremiah 1:11-12Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.Exodus 37:19-20Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.Zechariah 4:3And two olive trees by it, one upon the right [side] of the bowl, and the other upon the left [side] thereof.
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