Bible Strands
Exodus 37:21
A bud was under the first pair of branches that extended from the lampstand, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the completion of the golden lampstand's construction for Moses and the Israelite craftsmen during the Tabernacle's assembly.
The words — כַפְתֹּר (kafTor) means bulb or bud, and תַּחַת (tachath) means under. These terms specify the precise placement of decorative elements beneath each pair of extending branches.
The thread — This physical description fulfills the architectural specifications first given in Exodus 25:35 and continues the structural account begun in Exodus 37:20 and 22.
Why it lands — The text demands attention to the exact, repetitive placement of each bud before any symbolic meaning is drawn from the menorah's design.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Exodus 25:35 For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.