KJV King James Version
And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, [shall be of] pure gold.
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Exodus 25:38
And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, [shall be of] pure gold.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.
WEB World English Bible
Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
ASV American Standard Version
And the snuffers thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And its snuffers and its snuff dishes are of pure gold;
Surrounding context — Exodus 25
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.
37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, [shall be of] pure gold.
39 [Of] a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
40 And look that thou make [them] after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
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2 Chronicles 4:21And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, [made he of] gold, [and] that perfect gold;Isaiah 6:6Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, [which] he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:2 Kings 12:13Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money [that was] brought into the house of the LORD:Exodus 37:23And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, [of] pure gold.2 Kings 25:14And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.Jeremiah 52:18The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.Numbers 4:9And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:1 Kings 7:50And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers [of] pure gold; and the hinges [of] gold, [both] for the doors of the inner house, the most holy [place, and] for the doors of the house, [to wit], of the temple.
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