Exodus 27:20

And thou shall command the sons of Israel, that they bring to thee pure beaten olive oil for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

In Context

19All the instruments of the tabernacle in all the service of it, and all the pins of it, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

21in the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony. Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before LORD. It shall be a statute forever throughout their generations on the behalf of the

Read all of Exodus 27

Cross References

Exodus 25:31And thou shall make a candlestick of pure gold. Of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.

Exodus 40:4And thou shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are upon it, and thou shall bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps of it.

Leviticus 24:2Command the sons of Israel, that they bring to thee pure beaten olive oil for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

1 Samuel 3:3and the lamp of God was not yet gone out, and Samuel was laid down in the temple of LORD where the ark of God was,

Zechariah 4:11Then I answered, and said to him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side of it?

Matthew Henry on Exodus 27:10-20

9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: 10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. 11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Exodus 27:20