Exodus 37:20
On the lampstand itself, the central shaft, there were four cups made like almond blossoms, with their leafy bases and the flowers.
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In The King James Version
And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
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Cross References
Exodus 25:33The first branch must have three cups made like almond blossoms, with a leafy base and a flower, and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, with a leafy base and a flower. It must be the same for all six branches extending out from the lampstand.
Ecclesiastes 12:5That will be the time when men become afraid of heights 2 and of dangers along on the road, 1 and when the almond tree blossoms, 2 and when grasshoppers drag themselves along, 2 and when natural desires fail. 1 Then man goes to his eternal home 2 and the mourners go down the streets. 1
Matthew Henry on Exodus 37:11-25
10 And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof: 11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about. 12 Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about. 13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. 14 Over against the border were the… Read the whole commentary →