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Leviticus 24:4
4He is to keep the lamps in order on the pure gold menorah before Adonai continually.
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“Order Bnei-Yisrael to bring to you pure olive oil, beaten for the light, to keep a lamp burning continually. 3Outside of the curtain of the Testimony, in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to keep it in order from evening to morning before Adonai continually. It is to be a statute forever throughout your generations. He is to keep the lamps in order on the pure gold menorah before Adonai continually. 5“Also you are to take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it, with two tenths of an ephah in each cake. 6Then you are to set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure gold table before Adonai.
Read all of Leviticus 24Leviticus 24:4 word by word
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 menorah of pure gold, by hammered work. Its base, stem, cups, bulbs and flowers are to be one piece.
- Exodus 31:8the table and its utensils, the menorah of pure gold with all of its utensils, the altar of incense,
- Exodus 37:17Then he made the menorah of pure gold, of hammered work, even its base, its stem, its cups, its bulbs and its flowers, were one piece with it.
- Exodus 39:37the pure menorah with its lamps to be set in order, along with all of its utensils, and oil for the light;
- Numbers 3:31They were responsible for the Ark, the table, the menorah, the altars, and the implements of the Sanctuary used in service with them, the curtain and all involved with its use.
- Numbers 4:9“Then they are to take a blue cloth and cover the menorah for light, along with its lamps, tongs, snuffers and oil jars that they use to tend to it.
- 1 Kings 7:49the menorahs—five on the right side and five on the left in front of the inner Sanctuary—of pure gold; the flowers, the lamps and the tongs, of gold;
- 1 Chronicles 28:15and the weight for the gold menorot and their gold lamps, including the weight of each menorah and its lamps, for the silver menorot, including the weight of each menorah and its lamps according to the use of each menorah;
- Jeremiah 52:19The cups, the fire-pans, the basins, the pots, the menorot, the pans, and the drink offering bowls—whatever was gold or silver—the captain of the guard took away.
- Zechariah 4:2He asked me, ‘What do you see?’ I replied, ‘Behold, I see a solid gold menorah with its bowl at the top of it, and its seven lamps on it with seven pipes for the lamps that are on the top of it.
- Hebrews 9:2For a tent was prepared: in the outer part were the menorah, the table, and the presentation of the bread—this is called the Holy Place.
- Revelation 1:20As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden menorot—the seven stars are the angels of Messiah’s seven communities, and the seven menorahs are the seven communities.”
- Revelation 2:1To the angel of Messiah’s community in Ephesus write: “Thus says the One who holds the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks in the midst of the seven golden menorot:
- Revelation 11:4These are the two olive trees and the two menorot that are standing 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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