Leviticus 24:2
“Order the Israelites to bring you pure, pressed olive oil for the lamps, so they will always stay lit.
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Exodus 39:37the pure gold lampstand with its lamps placed in a row, and all its equipment, as well as the olive oil for the lamps;
Numbers 8:2“Tell Aaron, ‘When you place the seven lamps on the lampstand, make sure they shine towards the front.’”
2 Chronicles 13:11Morning and evening they present burnt offerings and burn fragrant incense to the Lord. They place the rows of showbread on the purified table, and light the lamps of the gold lampstand every evening. We are doing what the Lord our God told us to do, while you have abandoned him.
Psalms 119:130Studying your words brings light so that even the uneducated can understand.
Isaiah 8:20Go and examine God's law and his instructions! If what they say doesn't correspond with God's word, there will be no dawn for them.
Matthew 4:16The people living in darkness saw a great light; the light of dawn has shined on those living in the land of the shadow of death.”
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 →