Leviticus 24:2
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee the finest and dearest oil of olives, to furnish the lamps continually,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Cross References
Exodus 39:37The altar of gold, and the ointment, and the incense of spices:
Numbers 8:2Speak to Aaron, and thou shalt say to him: When thou shalt place the seven lamps, let the candlestick be set up on the south side. Give orders therefore that the lamps look over against the north, towards the table of the leaves of proposition, over against that part shall they give light, towards which the candlestick looketh.
2 Chronicles 13:11And they offer holocausts to the Lord, every day, morning and evening, and incense made according to the ordinance of the law, and the leaves are set forth on a most clean table, and there is with us the golden candlestick, and the lamps thereof, to be lighted always in the evening: for we keep the precepts of the Lord our God, whom you have forsaken.
Isaiah 8:20To the law rather, and to the testimony. And if they speak not according to this word, they shall not have the morning light.
Matthew 4:16The people that sat in darkness, hath seen great light: and to them that sat in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung up.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 24:2-10
Laws Concerning the Lamps. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. 3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the Lord continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations. 4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the Lord continually. 5 And… Read the whole commentary →