Exodus 27:20

You are to order the Israelites to bring you pure, hand-pressed olive oil for the lamps so they can go on burning, giving light.

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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 rest of the equipment used in the Tabernacle, including its tent pegs and those for the courtyard, are to be made of bronze.

21In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning in the Lord's presence from evening until morning. This requirement is to be observed by the Israelites for all generations.

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Cross References

Exodus 25:31Make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. The whole of it is to be made of one piece—its base, shaft, cups, buds, and flowers.

Exodus 40:4Bring in the table and put on it what's necessary. Bring in the lampstand too, and set up its lamps.

Leviticus 24:2“Order the Israelites to bring you pure, pressed olive oil for the lamps, so they will always stay lit.

1 Samuel 3:3The lamp of God hadn't yet gone out, and Samuel was sleeping in the Lord's Temple where the Ark of God was.

Zechariah 4:11Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees that stand to the right and the left of the lampstand?”

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 →

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