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Exodus 25:33
There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God gives Moses precise architectural instructions for the golden lampstand while detailing the sanctuary's construction.
The words — The text specifies גְבִעִים (gevi'im, cups) and מְשֻקָּדִים (meshuqqadim, almond-shaped) to describe the decorative elements placed on each branch.
The thread — This exact pattern is replicated in Exodus 37:19 during the tabernacle's assembly, and the almond branch imagery reappears in Jeremiah 1:11 as a prophetic vision.
Why it lands — The verse commands exact replication of the almond-blossom cups on all six branches, requiring strict adherence to the divine blueprint without deviation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
Cross-references
- Exodus 37:19 There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.
- Numbers 17:4 Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you.
- Jeremiah 1:11 And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
- Zechariah 4:3 There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.”