Exodus 37 · Verse 22

Exodus 37:22

Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
Exodus 37:22, King James Version

Exodus 37:22 in other translations

BSBThe buds and branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
WEBTheir buds and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole thing was one beaten work of pure gold.
ASVTheir knops and their branches were of one piece with it: the whole of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
YLTtheir knops and their branches have been of the same; all of it one beaten work of pure gold.
DARBYTheir knobs and their branches were of itself — all of one beaten work of pure gold.
BBEThe buds and the branches were made of the same metal, all together one complete work of the best hammered gold.
WebsterTheir knobs and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.

What does Exodus 37:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 37:17-22

17-22. he made the candlestick of pure gold--Practical readers will be apt to say, "Why do such works with the hammer, when they could have been cast so much easier--a process they were well acquainted with?" The only answer that can be given is, that it was done according to order. We have no doubt but there were reasons for so distinctive an order, something significant, which has not been revealed to us [Napier]…

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Exodus 37:22 in the original Hebrew

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כַּפְתֹּרֵיהֶ֥םkaf.to.rei.Hembulbs theirH3730
וּקְנֹתָ֖םu.ke.no.Tamand branches theirH7070
מִמֶּ֣נָּהmi.Me.nahfrom itH4480
הָי֑וּha.Yuthey wereH1961
כֻּלָּ֛הּku.Lahall of itH3605
מִקְשָׁ֥הmik.Shah[was] hammered workH4749
אַחַ֖ת'a.ChatoneH259
זָהָ֥בza.HavgoldH2091
טָהֽוֹר\׃ta.HorpureH2889

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Cross references for Exodus 37:22

  • Exodus 25:31

    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.

  • Isaiah 5:4-5

    What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

  • Isaiah 5:10

    Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:27

    But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

  • Psalms 51:17

    The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

  • Colossians 3:5

    Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

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were.
25:31; 1Co 9:27; Col 3:5
beaten work.
Ps 51:17; Isa 5:4,5,10

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Context

  • Exodus 37:21

    And 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 going out of it.

  • Exodus 37:22

    Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.

  • Exodus 37:23

    And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.

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Exodus 37:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Sus manzanas y sus brazos eran de lo mismo; todo era una pieza labrada á martillo, de oro puro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
leurs pommes et leurs branches étaient tirées de lui, le tout battu, d’une pièce, d’or pur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ihre Knäufe und ihre Arme waren aus ihm; der ganze Leuchter eine getriebene Arbeit von reinem Golde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et sphærulæ igitur, et calami ex ipso erant, universa ductilia ex auro purissimo.