Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:38
And the tongs thereof, and the censers thereof, [shall be of] pure gold.
38. tongs ] so Exo 37:23, Num 4:9 , 1Ki 7:49 b (=2Ch 4:21 a), Isa 6:6 . In Isa 6:6 we should still say ‘tongs’ (the Heb. is lit. the two takers), but not in the other cases. Probably in all cases something of the nature of tweezers for drawing up the wick is meant (like the forcipes figured in Smith’s Dict. of Class. Antiq. 3 . i. 872): ‘snuffers,’ which in the case of a lamp we should naturally think of, represents a different Heb. word (1Ki 7:50 al.).
snuffdishes ] so Exo 37:23, Num 4:9. The same word (lit. (fire-) catcher) is also used for what we should denote by the separate terms fire-pan (Exo 27:3 al.), and censer (Num 16:6 al.).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
38. tongssnuffers.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Ver. 38 And the tongs thereof,…. Which, according to Jarchi, was a sort of forks with which they took the wicks out of the oil, and put them in the lamps; or, as some think, the snuffers, but they are distinguished from tongs, 1Ki 7:49 and the snuffdishes thereof shall be of pure gold; in which the tongs or snuffers were put, or into which the snuff itself was put that was snuffed off. Jarchi says they were a sort of small cups, in which they put the ashes of the lamp, morning by morning, when they trimmed the lamps from the ashes of the wicks which burned in the night, and were extinct: so Ben Gersom and Lyra say they were vessels full of water where those were put which were snuffed off, that they might not make a smoke, which is not improbable.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(38) Tongs . . . snuffdishes.Tongs, or pincers, were required for trimming the wicks of the lamps, and removing loose portions; snuffdishes for receiving the fragments thus removed.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
38. Tongs snuffdishes The one for snuffing and trimming the lamps, the other for holding the burned snuffings when removed from the wicks . These latter were a small sort of fire-pans or ash-pans . Comp . Exo 27:3. The exact form of these is nowhere described .
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Exo 25:38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, [shall be of] pure gold.
Ver. 38. And the tongs. ] All of gold; betokening the purity of doctrine and discipline in the Church.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
tongs = snuffers (but no extinguishers).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the tongs: 2Ch 4:21, Isa 6:6, snuff dishes, Exo 37:23, Num 4:9, 1Ki 7:50, 2Ki 12:13, 2Ki 25:14, Jer 52:18
Reciprocal: 1Ki 7:49 – the tongs