Exodus 25:31

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK, Exodus 25:31-40.

31. A candlestick This is to be thought of as an elaborately constructed lampstand, furnishing places for seven lamps, (Exodus 25:37. ) Like the cherubim it consisted of beaten work, (comp. Exodus 25:18,) that is, elaborately wrought by some hand process.

Shaft Rather, the base, or pedestal.

Branches Rather, the main stem or shaft, rising up from the pedestal,

Bowls These appear to have been the flower-shaped cups into which the spherical knops, next mentioned, were set, and both the cups and the knops were further connected with flowers, or blossoms, all together serving the purpose of ornamentation. All these were to be wrought out of one and the same piece, so as to form a complete whole.