Exodus 27:21
+ 27:21. Ex 27:21 (Ex 27:20-21) (#2b.98): T. The Cohenim ·Priests· are to keep the menorot ·lamps· in the Tabernacle burning before Adonai evening to morning / R. To light the menorah ·lamp· every day In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron [Light-bringer] and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Adonai: it shall be a regulation forever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel [God prevails].
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Genesis 1:5God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night”. + 1:5 Day 1: God creates the division of shamayim ·sky, heaven· and 'aretz ·earth·; then God separates 'owr ·light· out of the choshek ·darkness·. The 'owr ·light· part of the day is called yom ·period of time, daytime, day· and the dark part of the day is called layil ·night·. There was evening and there was morning, the first yom ·period of time, day·. + 1:5 The Hebrew word yom can be translated in five different ways. Daylight (12 hours), a single day (24 hours), a year, or an indefinite amount of time pointing to a day or event, such as Psalm 27:5 “in that day”.
Exodus 12:14This day shall be to you for a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to Adonai: throughout all your generations you shall keep it a feast by this regulation forever.
Exodus 25:16You shall put the testimony + 25:16. Quoted in Heb 9:4 which I shall give you into the ark. (2)
Exodus 26:31“You shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman shall it be made.
Exodus 29:9You shall clothe them with belts, Aaron [Light-bringer] and his sons, and bind headbands on them: and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual regulation: and you shall consecrate Aaron [Light-bringer] and his sons.
Exodus 29:42It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout all your generations at the door of the Tent of Meeting before Adonai, where I will meet with you, to speak there to you.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 27:21
20 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. 21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord : it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. We read of the candlestick in the twenty-fifth chapter; here is an order given for the keeping of the lamps… Read the whole commentary →