Oil for the Lamp - Exodus 27

Exodus 27

²⁰ 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. ²¹ In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that is before the covenant, ₁ Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a perpetual ordinance to be observed throughout their generations by the Israelites.

Matthew Henry Concise

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Exodus 27:20

Colossians, Epistle to the
Was written by Paul at Rome during his first imprisonment there (Acts 28:16, 30), probably in the...
Beaten oil
(Ex 27:20; 29:40), obtained by pounding olives in a mortar, not by crushing them in a mill. It wa...

Strong's Concordance

Exodus 27:20

And thou shalt commandH6680 the childrenH1121 of Israel,H3478 that they bringH3947 thee pureH2134 oilH8081 oliveH2132 beatenH3795 for the light,H3974 to cause the lampH5216 to burnH5927 always.H8548

Notes

Exodus 27:20 - 21

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. In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that is before the covenant, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a perpetual ordinance to be observed throughout their generations by the Israelites. ...

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