(NIV)
Jacob, however, took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond and plane trees and made white stripes on them by peeling the bark and exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
Then
Jacob took fresh sticks of
poplar and
almond and
plane trees, and
peeled white streaks in them,
exposing the
white of the
sticks.
(NIV)
Then their father Israel said to them, ‘If it must be, then do this: put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift – a little balm and a little honey, some spices and myrrh, some pistachio nuts and almonds.
Then their
father Israel said to them, “
If it must be
so,
then do this:
take some of the
choice fruits of the
land in your
bags, and carry a
present down to the
man, a
little balm and a
little honey,
gum,
myrrh,
pistachio nuts, and
almonds.
(NIV)
Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand.
three cups made like
almond blossoms, each with
calyx and
flower, on
one branch, and
three cups made like
almond blossoms, each with
calyx and
flower, on the
other branch—so for the
six branches going out
of the
lampstand.
(NIV)
And on the lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms.
And on the
lampstand itself there shall be
four cups made like
almond blossoms, with their
calyxes and
flowers,
(NIV)
Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on one branch, three on the next branch and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand.
three cups made like
almond blossoms, each with
calyx and
flower, on
one branch, and
three cups made like
almond blossoms, each with
calyx and
flower, on the
other branch—
so for the
six branches going out of the
lampstand.
(NIV)
And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms.
And on the
lampstand itself were
four cups made like
almond blossoms, with their
calyxes and
flowers,
(NIV)
The next day Moses entered the tent and saw that Aaron’s staff, which represented the tribe of Levi, had not only sprouted but had budded, blossomed and produced almonds.
On the next
day Moses went
into the
tent of the
testimony, and
behold, the
staff of
Aaron for the
house of
Levi had
sprouted and put
forth buds and
produced blossoms, and it
bore ripe
almonds.
(NIV)
when people are afraid of heights
and of dangers in the streets;
when the almond tree blossoms
and the grasshopper drags itself along
and desire no longer is stirred.
Then people go to their eternal home
and mourners go about the streets.
they are
afraid also of what is
high, and
terrors are in the
way; the
almond tree blossoms, the
grasshopper drags itself along, and
desire fails,
because man is
going to his
eternal home, and the
mourners go about the
streets—
(NIV)
The word of the
Lord came to me: ‘What do you see, Jeremiah?’
‘I see the branch of an almond tree,’ I replied.
And the
word of the
Lord came
to me,
saying,
“
Jeremiah,
what do
you see?” And I
said, “
I see an
almond branch.”
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