Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 38. Put out, with the oil, and so forth Nothing was to be treated with disrespect that had been dedicated to God’s service. Bible.—Alexander adorned the temple of Apollo with a grand candlestick, resembling a tree laden with fruit; (Plin. xxxiv. 8,) and Dionysius the younger made a present of one to the prytaneum of Athens, which had 365 lamps upon it. They stood on the ground, and burnt oil, being the more necessary, as the ancient temples had generally no windows. The Egyptians, according to Saint Clement (strom. 1,) were the first who introduced them into their temples. Calmet.—Solomon set up ten candlesticks, five on the north, and five on the south of the holy place. 3 Kennicott. 7:49.