Exodus 37:22

Exodus 37:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
• New International Version (NIV)The buds and the branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole of it was a single piece of hammered work of pure gold.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Their knobs and their branches were of one piece; all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold.

Context of Exodus 37:22

20On the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms, 21with a bud under the first two branches from it, and a bud under the next two branches from it, and a bud under the third two branches from it; according to the six branches that extended from it. Their buds and their branches were of one piece; all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold. 23He made its seven lamps, its trimmers, and its trays of pure gold. 24He made the lampstand and all its accessories with seventy-five pounds of pure gold.

Exodus 37:22 word by word

כַּפְתֹּרֵיהֶ֥ם וּקְנֹתָ֖ם מִמֶּ֣נָּה הָי֑וּ כֻּלָּ֛הּ מִקְשָׁ֥ה אַחַ֖ת זָהָ֥ב טָהֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Their knopsכַּפְתּוֹרkaphtôr kaphtôr · capitalH3730
• and their branchesקָנֶהqâneh · branchH7070
• oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• beaten workמִקְשָׁהmiqshâh · hammered workH4749
• pureטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889
• goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091

Cross-references for Exodus 37:22

• Exodus 25:31“You are to make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand is to be made of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms are to be from the same piece.
• 1 Corinthians 9:27Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.
• Colossians 3:5So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
• Psalms 51:17The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit – O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.
• Isaiah 5:4What more can I do for my vineyard beyond what I have already done? When I waited for it to produce edible grapes, why did it produce sour ones instead?

Commentaries on Exodus 37:22

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-29It says that Bezalel made the ark of the covenant and all the furnishings, as well as the courtyard and its furnishings (37:1, 10, 17, 25; 38:1, 8, 9, 18). But this probably means he was in charge and guided the other craftsmen and seamstresses.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2217-22. 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]. The whole of that sacred building was…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 37:22

• Beaten Work
• Candlestick
• Gold

In the dictionaries

• Candlestick
• Holy place
• Atonement, Day of
• Candlestick, the Golden
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Leviticus
• Pentateuch
• Septuagint
• Tabernacle

Commentaries on Exodus 37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings