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
Common English Bible
Olive oil for the lampstand
20 You must require the Israelites to bring you pure oil of crushed olives for the light so that the lamp may be set up to burn continually. 21 In the meeting tent, outside the veil that hangs in front of the covenant document, Aaron and his sons will tend the lamp from evening to morning in the Lord’s presence. It will be a permanent regulation for the Israelites in every generation.
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