[a]Command the children of Israel that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten, for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

Without the veil [b]of the Testimony, in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, shall Aaron dress them, both even and morning before the Lord always: this shall be a law forever through your generations.

He shall dress the lamps upon the (A)pure Candlestick before the Lord perpetually.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 24:2 Read Exod. 27:20.
  2. Leviticus 24:3 Which veil separated the holiest of all, where was the Ark of the Testimony from the Sanctuary.

“Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning continually. Outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law in the tent of meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps before the Lord from evening till morning, continually. This is to be a lasting ordinance(A) for the generations to come. The lamps on the pure gold lampstand(B) before the Lord must be tended continually.

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