³ and before ^(A)the lamp of God went out in the ^[a]tabernacle of the Lord where the ark of God was, and while Samuel was lying down,

The Care of the Lampstand^(A)

²⁰ “And ^(B)you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to ^[a]burn continually. ²¹ In the tabernacle of meeting, ^(C)outside the veil which is before the Testimony, ^(D)Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the Lord. ^(E)It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel.

^2 (A)“Command the children of Israel that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to make the lamps burn continually. ³ Outside the veil of the Testimony, in the tabernacle of meeting, Aaron shall be in charge of it from evening until morning before the Lord continually; it shall be a statute forever in your generations. ⁴ He shall ^[a]be in charge of the lamps on ^(B)the pure gold lampstand before the Lord continually.

^11 (A)And they burn to the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense; they also set the ^(B)showbread in order on the pure gold table, and the lampstand of gold with its lamps ^(C)to burn every evening; for we keep the command of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken Him.

⁶ And her rival also ^(A)provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the Lord had closed her womb.

⁷ “Aaron shall burn on it ^(A)sweet incense every morning; when ^(B)he tends the lamps, he shall burn incense on it. ⁸ And when Aaron lights the lamps ^[a]at twilight, he shall burn incense on it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.