Exodus 27:20

And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

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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 utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.

21In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.

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Cross References

Exodus 25:31Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.

Exodus 40:4Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.

Leviticus 24:2“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

1 Samuel 3:3Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.

Zechariah 4:11Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and 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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