Exodus 27:20-21
English Standard Version
Oil for the Lamp
20 (A)“You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn. 21 (B)In the tent of meeting, (C)outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel.
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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
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