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Leviticus 24:4
4He must continually tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand in the Lord’s presence.
Leviticus 24:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the Lord continually.
- New International Version (NIV)The lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the Lord must be tended continually.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He shall arrange the lamps on the lampstand of pure gold before the Lord regularly.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He shall be in charge of the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the Lord continually.
Context of Leviticus 24:4
2“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning regularly. 3Aaron is to tend it continually from evening until morning before the Lord outside the curtain of the testimony in the tent of meeting. This is a permanent statute throughout your generations. He must continually tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand in the Lord’s presence. 5“Take fine flour and bake it into twelve loaves; each loaf is to be made with four quarts. 6Arrange them in two rows, six to a row, on the pure gold table before the Lord.
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עַ֚ל הַמְּנֹרָ֣ה הַטְּהֹרָ֔ה יַעֲרֹ֖ךְ אֶת־הַנֵּר֑וֹת לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה תָּמִֽיד׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 24:4
- Exodus 25:31“You are to make a lampstand out of pure, hammered gold. It is to be made of one piece: its base and shaft, its ornamental cups, and its buds and petals.
- Exodus 31:8the table with its utensils, the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense,
- Exodus 37:17Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold. He made it all of one piece: its base and shaft, its ornamental cups, and its buds and petals.
- Exodus 39:37the pure gold lampstand, with its lamps arranged and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light;
- Numbers 3:31Their duties involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the sanctuary utensils that were used with these, and the screen — and all the work relating to them.
- Numbers 4:9“They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, with its lamps, snuffers, and firepans, as well as its jars of oil by which they service it.
- 1 Kings 7:49the pure gold lampstands in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs;
- 1 Chronicles 28:15the weight of the gold lampstands and their gold lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; the weight of each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the service of each lampstand;
- Jeremiah 52:19The captain of the guards took away the bowls, firepans, sprinkling basins, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls — whatever was gold or silver.
- Zechariah 4:2He asked me, “What do you see?” I replied, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top. The lampstand also has seven lamps at the top with seven spouts for each of the lamps.
- Hebrews 9:2For a tabernacle was set up, and in the first room, which is called the holy place, were the lampstand, the table, and the presentation loaves.
- Revelation 1:20The mystery of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
- Revelation 2:1“Write to the angel of the church in Ephesus: Thus says the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks among the seven golden lampstands:
- Revelation 11:4These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
Commentaries on Leviticus 24:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-9Verses 1-9 The oil for the lamps of the tabernacle and the meal for the showbread were to be offerings from the Congregation, like the meal for the Pentecostal loaves, Leviticus 23:17. It appears that the responsibility of keeping up the lights rested on the high priest, but the actual service might be performed, on ordinary occasions, by the common priests. Compare margin reference. Leviticus 24:5 Each cake or loaf of unleavened bread Leviticus 2:11 was…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. Aaron shall order it from the evening unto the morning--The daily presence of the priests was necessary to superintend the cleaning and trimming.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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