Exodus 25:33

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“There are to be 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 extend from the lampstand.”

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BSBPD

“There are to be 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 extend from the lampstand.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“three calyxes made like almonds in the one branch, a knop and a flower, and three calyxes made like almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; so for the six branches which are coming out from the candlestick.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 25:33 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 37:19There 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.
  2. Numbers 17:4Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you.
  3. Jeremiah 1:11And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
  4. Zechariah 4:3There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.”

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