Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:32
And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:
In every one of which was a lamp, and there was a seventh lamp in the chief stem of it, as appears from Exo 25:37. And all these together represent the seven Spirits of God, Rev 1:4; 4:5; 5:6; or the Spirit of God, the great Enlightener of the church, with his sevenfold or various gifts and operations.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And six branches shall come out of the sides of it,…. Out of the trunk or shaft, being beaten out of it:
three branches of the candlestick out of one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side; Jarchi takes what we render the “shaft” to be the lower part of the candlestick, from whence three feet went out below; and the “branch” or “cane”, for it is in the singular number in the preceding verse, he takes to be the middle branch or trunk, that went up from the middle of the foot upwards, and upon it was the middle lamp, in the form of a censer, to pour oil into the midst of it; and the six branches went out from the sides of that, here and there drawn obliquely, and went up to the height of the candlestick, which is the middle branch or cane; and they went up from the midst of that middle cane, one above another, the lowermost long, and that above it shorter than that, and the uppermost shorter than that; for the height of the tops of them were equal to the height of the middle cane, that is, the seventh, from whence the six went out.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
32. Six branches Having described the main shaft or stem ( ) which was to rise up out of the base, he next mentions the six stems ( ) which were to come out of the sides of it. These, with the central shaft, furnished at their tops the places for the seven lamps.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Exo 25:32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:
Ver. 32. And six branches shall come out of the sides. ] Denoting the ministers both of the law and gospel; those “lights of the world,” Mat 5:14 that have their light all from Christ.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
sides. There are seventeen Hebrew words translated “side”, important in this technical description. Here it is the ordinary word for “side”, zad.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Reciprocal: Exo 31:4 – General