Exodus 25:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. ”

Exodus 25:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 25:31 A candlestick of pure gold - (Compare Exodus 37:17-24 .) A lampstand rather than a candlestick. Its purpose was to support seven oil-lamps. Its height appears to have been about...
Exodus 25:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of] beaten (i) work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. (i) It...
Exodus 25:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 25:31-40 P. The Golden Candlestick (or Lampstand, cf. Exodus 37:17 and Exodus 25:24 ). This was of massive gold, weighing 96 lbs., with its vessels ( Exodus 25:40 ), having a base,...
Exodus 25:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

candlestick . lampstand. shall... be made . Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, and Syriac, read "shalt thou make". knops . knobs.
Exodus 25:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

31. And thou shalt make a candlestick. God would have seven bright lamps burning day and night in the Tabernacle: first, that the people might know that they were directed by God Himself...
Exodus 25:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. A candlesti...
Exodus 25:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold— This candlestick or chandelier was to consist of a shaft, from which were to issue six branches, each branch to have three bowls or cups, mad...
Exodus 25:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. Candles...
Exodus 25:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Vessels of the Sanctuary Chapter s 25-31 are taken up with prescriptions regarding the Construction of a Tabernacle, i.e. a tent, to form the visible dwelling-place of Jehovah in the midst of...
Exodus 25:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Of beaten work. — Like the cherubim. (See Note on Exodus 25:18 .) His bowls, his knops, and his flowers. — Rather, its cups, its pomegranates, and its blossoms. The “cups ” are afterwards sa...
Exodus 25:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXV. THE SHRINE AND ITS FURNITURE. Exodus 25:1-40 The first direction given to Moses on the mountain is to prepare for the making of a tabernacle wherein God may dwell with man. For...
Exodus 25:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Table of Showbread and the Lampstand Exodus 25:23-40 The Table of the Showbread, or Presence-bread, held the twelve loaves, which represented the tribes of Israel. It was three feet long, o...
Exodus 25:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we begin consideration of the transactions of the forty days. Moses received instruction concerning a place of worship for the nation. It is important that we attempt to understand what this mea...
Exodus 25:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

All this furniture, so splendid and magnificent as it was, had no doubt a spiritual signification; but, as the apostle observes of these things, we cannot now speak particularly. Hebrews 9:5 . The t...
Exodus 25:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold ,.... Another piece of household furniture, and an useful one, especially in a house where there are no windows, as there were none in the tabernacle,...
Exodus 25:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of] beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. Ver. 31....
Exodus 25:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This candlestick had many branches drawn from the main shaft , which had not only bowls to put the oil and the kindled wick in for necessity, but knops made in the form of a pomegranate and f...
Exodus 25:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

WILLING OFFERINGS FOR GOD'S SANCTUARY (vs.1-9) The law has been declared to Israel, with its stern ordinances and regulations. Now the Lord instructs Moses in a matter that is in striking contras...
Exodus 25:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same....
Exodus 25:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou shalt make, either by thyself, or by some other person whom thou shalt cause to make it. His shaft; the trunk, or main body of it. His knops, or, apples , made in form of a pomegranate....
Exodus 25:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Golden Lampstand ( Exodus 25:31-40 ). The making of this may be analysed as follows: a The lampstand to be made of beaten work of pure gold: its base, its shaft its cups, its buds and its fl...
Exodus 25:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 25:31-40 THE CANDLESTICK Christ is the “light of the world,” and His Church is the lamp-holder, the light-bearer. What does the candlestick teach in re...
Exodus 25:31 - Scofield Reference Notes

candlestick Candlestick, type of Christ our Light, shining in the fullness of the power of the sevenfold Spirit ( Isaiah 11:2 ); ( Hebrews 1:9 ); ( Revelation 1:4 ). Natural light was excluded...
Exodus 25:31 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 25:31-37 I. This light shines because it is light, without effort, spontaneously. If the lamp is kindled, it will shine; and so this emblem has its beautiful felicity in that it points, as...
Exodus 25:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 25:2 . That they bring me an offering. We now enter on the tabernacle, a hallowed work, a figure of the church, and emblem of the heavenly glory. This mystical temple was not new: it had ex...
Exodus 25:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

A candlestick of pure gold. The golden candlestick I. This light shines because it is light, without effort, spontaneously. If the lamp is kindled it will shine; and so this emblem has its beau...
Exodus 25:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK ( Exodus 25:31-2 ). Though the holy of holies was always dark, unless when lighted by. the glory of God ( Exodus 40:34 , Exodus 40:35 ), the holy place,...
Exodus 25:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold; of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, of chased work, rounded with the hammer, apparently not solid, but hollow inside; his shaft, the base w...
Exodus 25:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

a candlestick Exodus 35:14 Exodus 37:17-24 Exodus 40:24 Exodus 40:25 1 Kings 7:49 2 Chronicles 13:11 Zechariah 4:2 Hebrews 9:2 Revelation 1:12 Revelation 1:20 Revelation 2:1 Re...
Exodus 25:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

This candlestick had many branches drawn from the main shaft, which had not only bowls to put the oil and the kindled wick in for necessity, but knops made in the form of a pomegranate and flowers...

Exodus 25:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 25:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 25:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 25:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 25:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 25:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 25:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 25:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 25:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 25:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 25:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 25:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 25:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 25:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 25:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 25:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 25:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 25:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 25:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 25:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 25:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 25:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 25:31 - Scofield Reference Notes

Exodus 25:31 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 25:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 25:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 25:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 25:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 25:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 25:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes