Leviticus 24:2
“Enjoin the children of Israel [God prevails], that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a menorah ·lamp· to burn continually.
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In Context
1Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], saying,
Cross References
Exodus 39:37the pure menorah ·lamp·, its menorah ·lamp· candles and their arrangement for display, all its accessories, the oil for the light,
Numbers 8:2“Speak to Aaron [Light-bringer], and tell him, ‘When you light the menorah ·lamp· candles, the seven menorah ·lamp· candles shall give light in front of the menorah ·lamp·.’”
Psalms 119:130פּ ( Feitah, Unfolding) The entrance of your words gives light. 2 It gives understanding to the simple. 1
Isaiah 8:20Turn to the Torah ·Teaching· and to the testimony! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
Matthew 4:16the people who lived in darkness saw a great light, 2 to those who live in the land of the shadow of death, 2 to them light has dawned.” + 4:16. (15-16) Quoted from Is 9:1-2
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 →