KJV King James Version
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.
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Exodus 27:20
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
WEB World English Bible
“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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘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;
Surrounding context — Exodus 27
17 All the pillars round about the court [shall be] filleted with silver; their hooks [shall be of] silver, and their sockets [of] brass.
18 The length of the court [shall be] an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits [of] fine twined linen, and their sockets [of] brass.
19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, [shall be of] brass.
20 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.
21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which [is] before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: [it shall be] a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
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וְאַתָּ֞הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)תְּצַוֶּ֣ה׀H6680 · tsa.vahto commandאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוְיִקְח֨וּH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֵלֶ֜יךָH413 · elto(wards)שֶׁ֣מֶןH8081 · she.menoilזַ֥יִתH2132 · za.yit(Mount of) Olivesזָ֛ךְH2134 · zakhpureכָּתִ֖יתH3795 · ka.titbeatenלַמָּא֑וֹרH3974 · ma.orlightלְהַעֲלֹ֥תH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseנֵ֖רH5216 · nerlampתָּמִֽיד׃H8548 · ta.midcontinually
Cross-references
Leviticus 24:1-4And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,Zechariah 4:11-14Then answered I, and said unto him, What [are] these two olive trees upon the right [side] of the candlestick and upon the left [side] thereof?Psalm 23:5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.Judges 9:9But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?Exodus 39:37The pure candlestick, [with] the lamps thereof, [even with] the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,Revelation 11:4These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.Exodus 25:31-37And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of] beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
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