Exodus 25:33 - Exposition

Three bowls made like unto almonds . Cups shaped like almond blossoms seem to be intended. Each branch had three of these in succession, then a pomegranate and a lily-flower. The lily probably represented the Egyptian lotus, or water-lily. In the other branch . Rather, "on another branch." There were six branches, not two only. The ornamentation of two is described; then we are told that the remainder were similar.