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New Living Translation

Leviticus 24:2

"Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Lamp;   Oil;   Olive;   Thompson Chain Reference - Oil;   Olive Oil;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Candlestick;   Oil;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Pentateuch;   Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Beaten Oil;   Leviticus;   Pentateuch;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Leviticus;   Oil;   Priests and Levites;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Oil ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle, the;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Beaten oil;   Candlestick;   Olive olive-tree;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Oil;   Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   Worship, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Exodus, the Book of;   Lamp;   Leviticus;   Light;   Oil;   Oil, Beaten;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Lamp, Perpetual;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
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.
King James Version
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
Lexham English Bible
"Command the Israelites that they should bring pure olive oil from beaten olives for the light to present a lamp continually.
New Century Version
"Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from crushed olives. That oil is for the lamps so that these lamps may never go out.
New English Translation
"Command the Israelites to bring to you pure oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.
Amplified Bible
"Command the children of Israel to bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light [of the golden lampstand], to make a lamp burn continually.
New American Standard Bible
"Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Commande the children of Israel that they bring vnto thee pure oyle oliue beaten, for the light, to cause ye lampes to burne continually.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.
Contemporary English Version
to say to the community of Israel: You must supply the purest olive oil for the lamps in the sacred tent, so they will keep burning.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Order the people of Isra'el to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, to keep lamps burning always.
Darby Translation
Command the children of Israel that they bring unto thee pure beaten olive oil for the light, to light the lamp continually.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Command the Israelites to bring to you pure oil from crushed olives. That oil is for the lamps that must burn without stopping.
English Standard Version
"Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly.
George Lamsa Translation
Command the children of Israel to bring to you pure olive oil, beaten, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
Good News Translation
to give the following orders to the people of Israel: Bring pure olive oil of the finest quality for the lamps in the Tent, so that a light might be kept burning regularly.
Christian Standard Bible®
“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning regularly.
Literal Translation
Command the sons of Israel, and they shall bring to you pure olive oil, beaten, for the light, to cause a light to burn continually.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Comaunde the children of Israel, that they brynge pure oyle olyue beaten for lightes, that it maye be allwaye put in the lampes,
American Standard Version
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
Bible in Basic English
Give orders to the children of Israel to give you clean olive oil for the light, so that a light may be burning at all times,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Commaunde the children of Israel that they bryng vnto thee pure oyle oliue beaten for the lyght, to cause the lampes to burne continually,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
King James Version (1611)
Command the children of Israel, that they bring vnto thee pure oyle Oliue, beaten, for the light, to cause the lampes to burne continually.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Charge the children of Israel, and let them take for thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to burn a lamp continually,
English Revised Version
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
Berean Standard Bible
"Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that thei brynge to thee oile of olyues, pureste oile, and briyt, to the lanternes to be ordeyned contynueli with out the veil of witnessyng,
Young's Literal Translation
`Command the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee pure olive oil, beaten, for the lamp, to cause a light to go up continually;
Update Bible Version
Command the sons of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
Webster's Bible Translation
Command the children of Israel, that they bring to thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
World English Bible
Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
New King James Version
"Command the children of Israel that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to make the lamps burn continually.
New Life Bible
"Tell the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the light to keep a lamp burning all the time.
New Revised Standard
Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Command the sons of Israel, That they bring unto thee - pure oil olive, beaten, for giving light, - to cause the lamp to burn up continually.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee the finest and clearest oil of olives, to furnish the lamps continually,
Revised Standard Version
"Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning continually.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 "Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually. 3 This is the lampstand that stands in the Tabernacle, in front of the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant. Aaron must keep the lamps burning in the Lord 's presence all night. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation. 4 Aaron and the priests must tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand continually in the Lord 's presence. 5 "You must bake twelve flat loaves of bread from choice flour, using four quarts of flour for each loaf. 6 Place the bread before the Lord on the pure gold table, and arrange the loaves in two stacks, with six loaves in each stack. 7 Put some pure frankincense near each stack to serve as a representative offering, a special gift presented to the Lord . 8 Every Sabbath day this bread must be laid out before the Lord as a gift from the Israelites; it is an ongoing expression of the eternal covenant. 9 The loaves of bread will belong to Aaron and his descendants, who must eat them in a sacred place, for they are most holy. It is the permanent right of the priests to claim this portion of the special gifts presented to the Lord ."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that they: Exodus 27:20, Exodus 27:21, Exodus 39:37, Exodus 40:24, Numbers 8:2-4, 1 Samuel 3:3, 1 Samuel 3:4

the lamps: 2 Chronicles 13:11, Psalms 119:105, Psalms 119:130, Proverbs 6:23, Isaiah 8:20, Isaiah 11:2, Matthew 4:16, Matthew 5:16, Matthew 25:1-8, Luke 1:79, Luke 12:35, John 1:4, John 1:9, John 5:35, John 8:12, Acts 26:18, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Ephesians 1:17, Ephesians 1:18, Ephesians 5:8-14, Philippians 2:15, Philippians 2:16

burn continually: Heb. ascend

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:37 - they shall Numbers 4:16 - the oil 2 Chronicles 29:7 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 15:2
But Abram replied, "O Sovereign Lord , what good are all your blessings when I don't even have a son? Since you've given me no children, Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household, will inherit all my wealth.
Genesis 24:4
Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac."
Genesis 24:6
"No!" Abraham responded. "Be careful never to take my son there.
Genesis 24:8
If she is unwilling to come back with you, then you are free from this oath of mine. But under no circumstances are you to take my son there."
Genesis 24:9
So the servant took an oath by putting his hand under the thigh of his master, Abraham. He swore to follow Abraham's instructions.
Genesis 24:10
Then he loaded ten of Abraham's camels with all kinds of expensive gifts from his master, and he traveled to distant Aram-naharaim. There he went to the town where Abraham's brother Nahor had settled.
Genesis 44:1
When his brothers were ready to leave, Joseph gave these instructions to his palace manager: "Fill each of their sacks with as much grain as they can carry, and put each man's money back into his sack.
Genesis 47:29
As the time of his death drew near, Jacob called for his son Joseph and said to him, "Please do me this favor. Put your hand under my thigh and swear that you will treat me with unfailing love by honoring this last request: Do not bury me in Egypt.
1 Chronicles 29:24
All the officials, the warriors, and the sons of King David pledged their loyalty to King Solomon.
1 Timothy 5:17
Elders who do their work well should be respected and paid well, especially those who work hard at both preaching and teaching.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Command the children of Israel,.... Moses was the chief magistrate under God, and being clothed with authority from him, had power to command the children of Israel to do what the Lord required of them:

that they bring unto thee pure oil olive, beaten, for the light; this was to be at the public expense, and it belonged to the community to supply the priests with oil for the light of the candlestick in the temple, Exodus 25:6; and this oil was not to be any sort of oil, as train oil, or oil of nuts, almonds, c. but oil of olives, and not any sort of that, but the purest, which was the first that was taken from them it seems there were three sorts, the first of which was pure, and this beaten in a mortar, and not ground in a mill; Exodus 25:6- :;

to cause the lamps to burn continually; the lamps in the golden candlestick, which were seven, Exodus 25:37; or "the lamp", in the singular number, as it is in the original text; the western lamp, which is said to be always kept lighted, from which the rest were lighted when out; though the oil was undoubtedly for the supply of the lamps, that they might burn always, night and day; or from night tonight, as Jarchi; and both on sabbath days and working days, as the Targum of Jonathan.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The oil for the lamps of the tabernacle and the meal for the showbread were to be offerings from the Congregation, like the meal for the Pentecostal loaves, Leviticus 23:17. It appears that the responsibility of keeping up the lights rested on the high priest, but the actual service might be performed, on ordinary occasions, by the common priests. Compare margin reference.

Leviticus 24:5

Each cake or loaf of unleavened bread Leviticus 2:11 was to contain about six pounds and a quarter (see Exodus 29:40 note) of fine flour. The material was the same, both in quality and in quantity, with that of each one of the wave-loaves of Pentecost Leviticus 23:17. In the service of the temple the preparation and arrangement of the cakes was committed to the Levites 1Ch 9:32; 1 Chronicles 23:29; 2 Chronicles 13:11.

Leviticus 24:6

Two rows, six on a row - Rather, two piles, six in a pile. On the table, see Exodus 25:23-30.

Leviticus 24:7

The frankincense as a memorial (like the handful of the meat-offering, Leviticus 2:2), was most likely cast upon the altar-fire as “an offering made by fire unto the Lord,” when the bread was removed from the table on the Sabbath-day Leviticus 24:8; 1 Samuel 21:6. The frankincense was put into small gold cups, one of which was placed upon each pile of bread. (See Exodus 25:23-30 note.)

Leviticus 24:8

Being taken from the children of Israel - Each cake represented the offering of a tribe.

Leviticus 24:9

See Leviticus 2:3 note. It could have been only by a stretch of the law that Ahimelech gave a portion of the showbread to David and his men, on the ground that they were free from ceremonial defilement. 1 Samuel 21:4-6; Matthew 12:4.

The showbread was a true meat-offering (see Exodus 25:29). The special form in which it was offered, especially in its being brought into the tabernacle and in its consisting of twelve loaves, distinguish it as an offering made on behalf of the nation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 24:2. Pure oil olive — See every thing relative to this ordinance explained on Exodus 27:20-21.


 
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