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Exodus 25:38
The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God gives Moses direct construction orders for the tabernacle’s lampstand and its maintenance tools during the Sinai instructions.
The words — `זָהָב (za.Hav)` means gold, and `טָהוֹר (ta.Hor)` means pure, specifying that the wick trimmers and trays must contain no alloy.
The thread — The same material specification appears in Exodus 37:23, Numbers 4:9, and 1 Kings 7:50.
Why it lands — The verse demands that all lampstand utensils be forged from unadulterated gold, setting a fixed standard for sacred equipment that the biblical record consistently maintains.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
Cross-references
- Exodus 37:23 He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.
- Numbers 4:9 They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, together with its lamps, wick trimmers, and trays, as well as the jars of oil with which to supply it.
- 1 Kings 7:50 the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
- 2 Kings 12:13 However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 25:14 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
- 2 Chronicles 4:21 the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold;
- Isaiah 6:6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
- Jeremiah 52:18 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.