Leviticus 24:2
Command the children of Israel, that they bring to thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
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In Context
1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Cross References
Exodus 39:37The pure candlestick, with its lamps, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all its vessels, and the oil for light,
Numbers 8:2Speak to Aaron, and say to him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
2 Chronicles 13:11And they burn to the LORD every morning and every evening burnt-sacrifices and sweet incense: the show-bread also they set in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with its lamps to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
Psalms 119:130The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding to the simple.
Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Matthew 4:16The people who sat in darkness, saw great light; and to them who sat in the region and shades of death, light hath arisen.
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 →