Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:34
And in the candlestick [shall be] four bowls made like unto almonds, [with] their knops and their flowers.
34, 35. There were also four similar cups in the candlestick itself, i.e. in its central shaft. Vv. 34, 35 are commonly understood to mean that there were four cups altogether in the central shaft, one towards the top, and the other three so placed that the ‘knop’ was just below the points where the three pairs of branches diverged from the central shaft; but (observe ‘and’ at the beginning of v. 35) Kennedy (p. 664 a ) may be right in supposing the meaning to be that there were to be four ‘knops and flowers’ combined on the upper and lower parts of the shaft, and three ‘knops’ alone under the points where the three pairs of branches diverged from it.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
In the candlestick, i.e. in the shaft or trunk of the candlestick, which is here distinguished from its branches, shall be four bowls, whereas there were but three in each of the branches.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And in the candlestick shall be four bowls,…. That is, in the trunk or body of it; the branches had but three apiece, but this being larger had four: and these were also
made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers; as the bowls on the branches had with them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(34) In the candlestick.By the candlestick in this place must be meant the central shaft or stem, which is viewed as that whereto all the rest is accessory. Here the triple series was to be repeated four times.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
34. In the candlestick That is, in the main shaft of it .
Four bowls Four cups like those in each of the branches just described in Exo 25:33. These, like those, were to have their knops and their flowers. The position of these knops is stated in the next verse .
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Exo 25:34 And in the candlestick [shall be] four bowls made like unto almonds, [with] their knops and their flowers.
Ver. 34. And in the candlestick, ] i.e., In the shaft of the candlestick. See Exo 25:33 .