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Exodus 27:20
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"You shall command the children of Yisra'el, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
"And you will command the Israelites, and they will bring to you pure, beaten olive oil for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
"Command the people of Israel to bring you pure olive oil, made from pressed olives, to keep the lamps on the lampstand burning.
"You are to command the Israelites that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, so that the lamps will burn regularly.
"You shall command the Israelites to provide you with clear oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually [every night].
"And you shall command the sons of Israel that they bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.
And thou shalt commande the children of Israel, that they bring vnto thee pure oyle oliue beaten, for the light, that the lampes may alway burne.
"And you shall command the sons of Israel, that they bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.
The Lord said to Moses: Command the people of Israel to supply you with the purest olive oil. Do this so the lamp will keep burning
"All the equipment needed for every kind of service in the tabernacle, as well as the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, are to be of bronze. Haftarah T'rumah: M'lakhim Alef (1 Kings) 5:26(12)– 6:13 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah T'rumah: Messianic Jews (Hebrews) 8:1–6; 9:23–24; 10:1 "You are to order the people of Isra'el to bring you pure oil of pounded olives for the light, and to keep a lamp burning continually.
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee olive oil, pure, beaten, for the light, to light the lamp continually.
"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.
And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure olive oil from beaten olives for the light, so that the lamps may burn always.
"Command the people of Israel to bring you the best olive oil for the lamp, so that it can be lit each evening.
“You are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning regularly.
And you shall command the sons of Israel, and let them bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to set up lamps perpetually.
Commaunde ye children of Israel, yt they bringe vnto ye the most cleare & pure oyle oliue beaten, to geue lighte, yt it maye all waye be put in the lapes
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
Give orders to the children of Israel to give you clear olive oil for the lights, so that a light may be burning there at all times.
And thou shalt commaunde the chyldren of Israel that they geue thee pure oyle oliue beaten for the light, that they may make the lampes to borne alwayes.
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oyle Oliue beaten, for the light, to cause the lampe to burne alwayes.
And do thou charge the children of Israel, and let them take for thee refined pure olive-oil beaten to burn for light, that a lamp may burn continually
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
Comaunde thou to the sones of Israel, that thei brynge to thee the clenneste oile of `the trees of olyues, and powned with a pestel, that a lanterne
`And thou -- thou dost command the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee pure beaten olive oil for the light, to cause the lamp to go up continually;
And you shall command the sons of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring the pure olive-oil beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
"You shall command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
Leviticus 24:1-4">[xr] "And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually.
"Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
"Tell the people of Israel to bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the light, so a lamp may burn all the time.
You shall further command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of beaten olives for the light, so that a lamp may be set up to burn regularly.
Thou thyself, therefore, shalt command the sons of Israel that they bring unto thee - pure, beaten olive-oil, for giving light, - that the lamp may lift up its flame continually.
Command the children of Israel that they bring thee the purest oil of the olives, and beaten with a pestle: that a lamp may burn always,
"And you shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may be set up to burn continually.
"Now, order the Israelites to bring you pure, clear olive oil for light so that the lamps can be kept burning. In the Tent of Meeting, the area outside the curtain that veils The Testimony, Aaron and his sons will keep this light burning from evening until morning before God . This is to be a permanent practice down through the generations for Israelites."
"You shall charge the sons of Israel, that they bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
pure oil olive beaten: That is, such oil as could be easily expressed from the olives, after they had been bruised in a mortar; and which is much purer than that obtained after the olives are put under the press. Exodus 39:37, Leviticus 24:2-4, Judges 9:9, Psalms 23:5, Zechariah 4:11-14, Revelation 11:4
for the light: Exodus 25:31-37
to cause the lamp: Josephus says, that the whole of the seven lamps burned all night; and that in the morning four were extinguished, and three burned the whole of the day. Such might have been the practice in his time; but it appears sufficiently evident from Exodus 30:8, and 1 Samuel 3:3, that they were anciently extinguished in the morning.
to burn: Heb. to ascend up
Reciprocal: Exodus 25:6 - Oil for Exodus 30:7 - dresseth Exodus 35:8 - And oil Numbers 4:16 - the oil 1 Chronicles 9:29 - the oil 2 Chronicles 4:20 - burn after 2 Chronicles 13:11 - the candlestick
Cross-References
The servant said, " Lord , you are the God of my master Abraham. Please show your kindness to my master by helping me find a wife for his son Isaac.
"You must not use the name of the Lord your God to make empty promises. If you do, the Lord will not let you go unpunished.
Will you speak lies for God? Do you really believe your lies are what God wants you to say?
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And thou shall command the children of Israel,.... Here begins a new section of the law; an account being given of the tabernacle, and its parts, and the furniture thereof, next the several parts of service done in it are observed; and the account begins with that of the candlestick in the holy place, in order to which Moses is directed to command the people of Israel, whose business it was to provide for it:
that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light; for the light of the candlestick, to light up the several lamps in the several branches of it; and the oil to be brought and used there was not any sort of oil, as what is got out of fishes, as train oil, or out of nuts, as oil of almonds, but what comes from the olive tree; and this must be pure and free from lees and dregs, and must be beaten with a pestle in a mortar, and not ground in a mill, that so it might be quite clear; for being bruised and beaten, only the pulp or flesh of the olive was broken, but being ground in a mill, the stones were broken and ground, and so the oil not so pure.
Jarchi and Ben Melech, from their Rabbins, observe, that after the first drop was pressed out, they put them into mills and grind them; but then, though the oil was fit for offerings, it was not fit for the light of the candlestick. Ben Gersom says, they put the olives bruised into a basket, and the oil dropped from them without pressing at all; and this was the choicest and most excellent for the light. The quantity to be brought is not fixed; but the measure fixed by the wise men of Israel, as Jarchi says, was half a log, that is, for every lamp; and this was the measure for the longest nights, the nights of the month Tebet, and so the same for all other nights:
to cause the lamp to burn always night and day, continually, as it was proper it should, that the house of God might not be at any time in darkness; as it would otherwise be, since there were no windows in it; and his servants minister in it in the dark, even in the daytime, at the altar of incense, and at the shewbread table, which is not reasonable to suppose; and though there are some passages of Scripture which seem to intimate as though the lamps only burnt till the morning, and then went out, and were lighted every evening; this difficulty may be solved, and the matter reconciled by what Josephus l relates, who must be an eyewitness of it, that three of the lamps burned before the Lord in the daytime, and the rest were lighted at the evening; and Hecataeus m, an Heathen writer, speaking of the golden candlestick, says, its light was unextinguished day and night, particularly the lamp which was in the middle; also the candlestick is by the ancient Jews, and by Nachmanides, said to have been never extinct.
l Antiqu. l. 3. c. 8. sect. 3. m Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 4. p. 408.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Pure oil olive beaten - The oil was to be of the best kind. It is called beaten, because it was obtained by merely bruising the olives in a mortar or mill, without the application of heat. The finest oil is now thus obtained from young fruit freshly gathered. The inferior kind is pressed from unselected fruit under stronger pressure, and with the application of heat.
The lamp - i. e. the lamps of the golden candlestick. (See Exodus 25:37.)
To burn - See the margin âto ascend up.â It should be observed that the word does not properly mean to burn in the sense of to consume, but is the word regularly used to express the action of fire upon what was offered to Yahweh (see Leviticus 1:9).
Always - i. e. every night âfrom evening until morning.â Compare Exodus 30:8.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 27:20. Pure oil olive beaten — That is, such oil as could easily be expressed from the olives after they had been bruised in a mortar; the mother drop, as it is called, which drops out of itself as soon as the olives are a little broken, and which is much purer than that which is obtained after the olives are put under the press.
Columella, who is a legitimate evidence in all such matters, says that the oil which flowed out of the fruit either spontaneously, or with little application of the force of the press, was of a much finer flavour than that which was obtained otherwise. Quoniam longe melioris saporis est, quod minore vi preli, quasi luxurians, defluxerit. - COLUM., lib. xii., c. 50.
To cause the lamp to burn always — They were to be kept burning through the whole of the night, and some think all the day besides; but there is a difference of sentiment upon this subject. See the note on the following verse.
This oil and continual flame were not only emblematical of the unction and influences of the Holy Ghost, but also of that pure spirit of devotion which ever animates the hearts and minds of the genuine worshippers of the true God. The temple of VESTA, where a fire was kept perpetually burning, seems to have been formed on the model of the tabernacle; and from this the followers of Zeratusht, commonly called Zoroaster, appear to have derived their doctrine of the perpetual fire, which they still worship as an emblem of the Deity.
