The Lampstand and the Holy Bread

24 The Lord said to Moses, ² “Command the ·people [^Lsons; children] of Israel to bring you pure oil from crushed olives. That oil is for the lamps so that these lamps may never go out. ³ Aaron will keep the lamps burning in the Meeting Tent from evening until morning before the Lord; this is ·in front of [^Loutside] the curtain of the ·Ark of the Agreement [Covenant; Treaty; ^LTestimony]. This ·law [statute; ordinance; regulation] will continue ·from now on [^Lthroughout your generations]. ⁴ Aaron must always keep the lamps burning on the ·lampstand of pure gold [^Lpure lampstand/Menorah; Ex. 25:31–40] before the Lord.

⁵ “Take ·fine [choice] flour and bake twelve loaves of bread with it, using ·four quarts [^Ltwo-tenths of an ephah] of flour for each loaf. ⁶ Put them in two rows on the ·golden [^Lpure] table [Ex. 25:23–30] before the Lord, six loaves in each row. ⁷ Put pure incense on each row as the memorial portion to take the place of the bread. It is an offering made by fire to the Lord. ⁸ Every Sabbath day Aaron will put the bread in order before the Lord, as an ·agreement [covenant; treaty] with the people of Israel that will continue forever. ⁹ That bread will belong to Aaron and his sons. They will eat it in a holy place, because it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the Lord. That bread is their share forever.”