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Leviticus 24:4

2 “Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

3 Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come.

He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.

5 You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,

6 and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.
KJV
He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.
WEB
He shall keep in order the lamps on the pure gold lamp stand before the LORD continually.
ASV
He shall keep in order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before Jehovah continually.
DARBY
Upon the pure candlestick shall he arrange the lamps before Jehovah continually.
BLB
On the pure [gold] lampstand He shall arrange the lamps before the face of YHWH continually.
ÅB
På lysestaken av rent gull skal han alltid holde lampene i stand for Herrens åsyn.
OTB
Lampene på den rene gulllysestaken for Herren må holdes i orden kontinuerlig.
B1930
På lysestaken av rent gull skal han alltid holde lampene i stand for Herrens åsyn.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 31:8

    the table with its utensils, the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense,

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  • Exodus 37:17–24

    Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.

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  • Exodus 39:37

    the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light;

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  • Jeremiah 52:19

    The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.

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  • Revelation 11:4

    These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

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  • Zechariah 4:11–14

    Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”

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  • Hebrews 9:2

    A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.

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  • Numbers 4:9

    They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, together with its lamps, wick trimmers, and trays, as well as the jars of oil with which to supply it.

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