Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:35
And [there shall be] a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
35. of one piece with it (thrice)] i.e. with the candlestick.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And, to complete the number of four, mentioned in the foregoing verse, we must understand that there was another knop and bowl and flower in the upper part of the shaft, above all the branches, as the rules of proportion, and common use in making such things, will easily evince.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same,…. According to Jarchi, from the middle of the knop (which was like a pomegranate, or, as others, like an apple) two branches were drawn from the two sides of it, here and there; so they teach in the work of the tabernacle, the height of the candlestick was eighteen hands’ breadth: this clause is repeated twice in this verse, signifying there should be a knop under each of the three branches on one side, and three on the other side: for it follows,
according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick; out of the trunk of it, as in Ex 25:32.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
35. Under two branches of the same, according to the six branches That is, immediately underneath the point at which the side stems, or branches, proceeded out of the main stem there was a knop, each connected with its cup, ( bowl, Exo 25:31, note,) and its flower, (Exo 25:33. ) This leaves us to infer that the fourth bowl (Exo 25:34) was above, between the two upper branches and the top of the main stem . Thus is explained the position of the four bowls of Exo 25:34.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Reciprocal: Exo 37:21 – General