KJV 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.
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Leviticus 24:2
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT 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;
Surrounding context — Leviticus 24
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: [it shall be] a statute for ever in your generations.
4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.
5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
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Original-language word links
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צַ֞וH6680 · 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
Ephesians 5:8-14For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.Exodus 27:20-21And 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.John 8:12Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.Philippians 2:15-16That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;Acts 26:18To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.Ephesians 1:17-18That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:1 Samuel 3:3-4And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God [was], and Samuel was laid down [to sleep];Matthew 25:1-8Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.Psalm 119:130The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.Luke 1:79To give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.John 1:4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.Luke 12:35Let your loins be girded about, and [your] lights burning;John 5:35He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.2 Chronicles 13:11And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also [set they in order] upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.Matthew 5:16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.John 1:9[That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
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