Bible Strands
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The passage records Bezalel’s documentation of the lampstand’s branches following the divine instructions given to Moses on Sinai. It marks the physical assembly phase of the tabernacle furnishings.
The words — מְשֻׁקָּדִים (me.shu.ka.Dim) translates literally as "almond-blossom shaped," and כַּפְתֹּר (kaf.Tor) means "bulb" or "bud." These terms specify the carved floral motifs attached to each branch.
The thread — The six-branch lampstand and its almond-blossom carvings appear in the construction accounts of Exodus 25:31-40 and 37:17-24, and are referenced in Numbers 8:2-4 and Zechariah 4:2-3.
Why it lands — The text requires exact replication of the specified design without alteration. It establishes that worship objects must follow the given pattern precisely.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.