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The Holy Oil

24 The Lord spoke to Moses:

Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil from beaten[a] olives for the Light so the lamps will be kept burning continually.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 24:2 The basic meaning of the Hebrew verb ktt is “beat.” The translation assumes that oil from beaten olives is the highest grade “extra virgin” olive oil from the first crushing or pressing of the olive, done by hand.
  2. Leviticus 24:2 Continually here seems to mean all through the night, every night, as the next verse says, or it may mean that one lamp was always kept burning night and day.