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Exodus 27:20-21
Lexham English Bible
Exodus 27:20-21
Lexham English Bible
Instructions for Making Oil for the Lampstand
20 “And you will command the Israelites,[a] and they will bring to you pure, beaten olive oil for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually. 21 In the tent of assembly outside the curtain that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons will arrange it, from evening until morning, before Yahweh as a lasting statute throughout their generations from the Israelites.[b]
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- Exodus 27:20 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 27:21 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
Exodus 27:20-21
International Standard Version
Exodus 27:20-21
International Standard Version
The Oil for the Lamp
20 “And you are to command the Israelis to bring you pure olive oil, extracted by hand,[a] for the light in order to keep the lamp burning[b] continuously. 21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the curtain that is before the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to maintain[c] the lamp stand[d] from evening until morning in the Lord’s presence. It is to be a perpetual ordinance from generation to generation among the Israelis.”
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- Exodus 27:20 Lit. beaten; i.e. the olives were crushed in a mortar rather than pressed in an olive press
- Exodus 27:20 Lit. going up
- Exodus 27:21 Lit. arrange
- Exodus 27:21 Lit. it
Exodus 27:20-21
New International Version
Exodus 27:20-21
New International Version
Oil for the Lampstand(A)
20 “Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil(B) of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning. 21 In the tent of meeting,(C) outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law,(D) Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps(E) burning before the Lord from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance(F) among the Israelites for the generations to come.
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