15 by weight also for the lampstands of gold, and for its lamps, of gold, by weight for every lampstand and for its lamps; and for the lampstands of silver, (silver) by weight for (every) lampstand and for its lamps, according to the use of every lampstand;
*Minor differences ignored. Grouped by changes, with first version listed as example.
For the candlesticks - There was but one chandelier in the tabernacle; there were ten in the temple. See 1-Kings 7:49.
Even the weight for the (h) candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, [both] for the candlestick, and [also] for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.
(h) That is, the ten candlesticks, (1-Kings 7:49).
Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof,.... These candlesticks were ten, and each had seven lamps, and were placed five on one side the Mosaic candlestick, and five on the other, as say the Jews, see 1-Kings 7:49, and the weight of gold for each candlestick, according to the above writer (t), was one hundred pounds; and for both candlesticks and lamps, David, by the Spirit of God, was directed to give:
and for the candlesticks of silver, by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick; the weight of silver for them was fixed; of these nowhere else read. Kimchi thinks these were for the chambers of the priests, to give them light when they ate and lay there.
(t) Ibid. (Relation of Memorial Things in the Tabernacle and the Temple, ch. 4.) p. 20.
the candlesticks of silver--Solomon made them all of gold--in this and a few minor particulars departing from the letter of his father's instructions, where he had the means of executing them in a more splendid style. There was only one candlestick and one table in the tabernacle, but ten in the temple.
According, &c. - Whether they were fixed in one place, whereof there were ten in the holy place, or to be carried from place to place.
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