Exodus 27:20
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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.And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
In other translations
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.And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
Hebrew words
וְאַתָּהve'atahand youH859תְּצַוֶּה׀tetzavehyou will commandH6680אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853בְּנֵיbenei[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478וְיִקְחוּveyikchuso they may bringH3947אֵלֶיךָ'eleikhato youH413שֶׁמֶןshemenoil ofH8081זַיִתzayitoliveH2132זָךְzakhpureH2134כָּתִיתkatitpressedH3795לַמָּאוֹרlama'orfor the lightH3974לְהַעֲלֹתleha'alotto lift upH5927נֵרnera lampH5216תָּמִיד׃tamidcontinuallyH8548
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Related verses
- Leviticus 24:1-41 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.1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 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. 4 He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.
- Psalm 23:5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
- Zechariah 4:11-1411 Then 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? 12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? 13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. 14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.11 Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?” 12 And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?” 13 “Do you not know what these are?” he inquired. “No, my lord,” I replied. 14 So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.”
- 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,the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light;
- 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?But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
- Exodus 25:31-3731 And 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. 32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side: 33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. 34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.31 Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals. 32 Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other. 33 There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand. 34 And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
- Revelation 11:4These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
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