Leviticus 24
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Leviticus 24:2-9

2“CommandH6680 the IsraelitesH1121H3478 to bringH3947 youH413 pureH2134 oilH8081 of pressedH3795 olivesH2132 for the lightH3974, to keep the lampsH5216 burningH5927 continuallyH8548.

3OutsideH2351 the veilH6532 of the TestimonyH57151 in the TentH168 of MeetingH4150, AaronH175 is to tendH6186 the lampsH853 continuallyH8548 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 from eveningH6153 untilH5704 morningH1242. This is to be a permanentH5769 statuteH2708 for the generations to comeH1755. 4He shall tendH6186 the lampsH5216 onH5921 the pureH2889 gold lampstandH4501 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 continuallyH8548.

5You are also to takeH3947 fine flourH5560 and bakeH644 twelveH8147H6240 loavesH2471, usingH1961 two-tenths of an ephahH8147H6241 for eachH259 loafH2471,2 6and setH7760 themH853 in twoH8147 rowsH4635—sixH8337 per rowH4635—onH5921 the tableH7979 of pure goldH2889 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068. 7And you are to placeH5414 pureH2134 frankincenseH3828 nearH5921 each rowH4635, so that it may serveH1961 as a memorial portionH234 for the breadH3899, a food offeringH801 to the LORDH3068.

8Every Sabbath dayH3117H7676 the bread is to be set outH6186 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068H8548H854 on behalf of the IsraelitesH1121H3478 as a permanentH5769 covenantH1285. 9It belongs toH1961 AaronH175 and his sonsH1121, who are to eatH398 it in a holyH6918 placeH4725; forH3588 itH1931 is to him a mostH6944 holyH6944 part of the food offeringsH801 to the LORDH3068—his portionH2706 foreverH5769.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Leviticus 24:3 The Testimony refers to the stone tablets in the ark of the covenant inscribed with the Ten Commandments. ↩
  2. 2. Leviticus 24:5 Two-tenths of an ephah is approximately 4 dry quarts or 4.4 liters (probably about 5.1 pounds or 2.3 kilograms of flour). ↩

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