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Exodus 25

Ex. 25:38 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the tongs
melqach (Hebrew #4457)
from 3947; (only in dual) tweezers
KJV usage: snuffers, tongs.
Pronounce: mel-kawkh'
Origin: or malqach {mal-kawkh'}
thereof, and the snuffdishes
machtah (Hebrew #4289)
a pan for live coals
KJV usage: censer, firepan, snuffdish.
Pronounce: makh-taw'
Origin: the same as 4288 in the sense of removal
thereof, shall be of pure
tahowr (Hebrew #2889)
from 2891; pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
KJV usage: clean, fair, pure(-ness).
Pronounce: taw-hore'
Origin: or tahor {taw-hore'}
gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
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Gold,
Snuff-dishes

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Ministry on This Verse

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the tongs.
2 Chron. 4:21• 21And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold; (2 Chron. 4:21)
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Isa. 6:6• 6Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: (Isa. 6:6)
snuff dishes.
Ex. 37:23• 23And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold. (Ex. 37:23)
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Num. 4:9• 9And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: (Num. 4:9)
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1 Kings 7:50• 50And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple. (1 Kings 7:50)
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2 Kings 12:13• 13Howbeit there were not made for the house of the Lord bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the Lord: (2 Kings 12:13)
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2 Kings 25:14• 14And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. (2 Kings 25:14)
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Jer. 52:18• 18The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. (Jer. 52:18)
• (Lev. 24:1-4; also Ex. 27:20-21). First, the children of Israel were to bring the pure oil olive. This will point to the responsibility of God’s people on earth, the vessel in which it was to be displayed—Israel then, now the church. Aaron was to order the lamps. By this is taught that the light of the Spirit, in its display, can only be maintained by the priestly care and intercession of Christ. He alone could use “the tongs thereof, and the snuff dishes thereof,” (vs. 38) for both alike were made of pure gold (vs. 38). Every ray of light that shines out below, whether through the church or the individual believer, is but the answer to His priestly work. (“The Candlestick of Pure Gold: Exodus 25:31-40” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trayse thereof, of pure gold.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "extinguishers."

W. Kelly Translation

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38
and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trays thereof, of pure gold.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)