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Atomic Bible
Exodus 37:20
And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
from The Lampstand, Exodus 37:17-24
What it says

The central lampstand itself has four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals. The decorative pattern continues in the main stem.

What it is doing

It adds the same blossom motif to the center of the lampstand.

In context

17Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals. 18Six branches extended from the sides, three on one side and three on the other. 19There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand. 20And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals. 21A bud was under the first pair of branches that extended from the lampstand, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair. 22The buds and branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold. 23He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold. 24He made the lampstand and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold.