Focused Passage

Exodus 27:20-21

The Altar, Courtyard, and Oil for the Lamp

The LORD commands Moses to make the bronze altar for burnt offerings, its utensils and carrying poles, the courtyard with its curtains, posts, bases, and entrance screen, and finally to command Israel to bring pure olive oil so the lamp may burn regularly before the LORD from evening until morning.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

20And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

21In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.

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References and Original Words

Verse 20

Cross-references

Leviticus 24BSB references Exodus 25:6Classic cross-references Leviticus 24:1Classic cross-references Leviticus 24:2Classic cross-references Psalms 23:5Classic cross-references Zechariah 4:11Classic cross-references 1 Samuel 3:3OliveGrove study links Leviticus 24:1-4OliveGrove study links Numbers 8:1-4OliveGrove study links

Original words

And youוְאַתָּ֞הH859Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singularare to commandתְּצַוֶּ֣ה׀H6680Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthe Israelitesבְּנֵ֣יH1121Noun - masculine plural construct. . .יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לH3478Noun - proper - masculine singularto bringוְיִקְח֨וּH3947Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine pluralyouאֵלֶ֜יךָH413Preposition | second person masculine singularpureזָ֛ךְH2134Adjective - masculine singularoilשֶׁ֣מֶןH8081Noun - masculine singular constructof pressedכָּתִ֖יתH3795Adjective - masculine singularolivesזַ֥יִתH2132Noun - masculine singularfor the lightלַמָּא֑וֹרH3974Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularto keep the lampsנֵ֖רH5216Noun - masculine singular constructburningלְהַעֲלֹ֥תH5927Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructcontinuallyתָּמִֽיד׃H8548Adverb

Verse 21

Cross-references

Exodus 16:34Classic cross-references Exodus 28:43Classic cross-references Numbers 18:23Classic cross-references Numbers 18:5Classic cross-references Numbers 19:21Classic cross-references 1 Samuel 3:3OliveGrove study links Leviticus 24:1-4OliveGrove study links Numbers 8:1-4OliveGrove study links

Original words

In the Tentבְּאֹ֣הֶלH168Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof Meetingמוֹעֵד֩H4150Noun - masculine singularoutsideמִח֨וּץH2351Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructthe veilלַפָּרֹ֜כֶתH6532Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singularthat [is]אֲשֶׁ֣רH834Pronoun - relativein front ofעַל־H5921Prepositionthe Testimonyהָעֵדֻ֗תH5715Article | Noun - feminine singularAaronאַהֲרֹ֧ןH175Noun - proper - masculine singularand his sonsוּבָנָ֛יוH1121Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularare to tendיַעֲרֹךְ֩H6186Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularthe lampsאֹת֨וֹH853Direct object marker | third person masculine singularbeforeלִפְנֵ֣יH6440Preposition-l | Noun - common plural constructthe LORDיְהוָ֑הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularfrom eveningמֵעֶ֥רֶבH6153Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singularuntilעַד־H5704Prepositionmorningבֹּ֖קֶרH1242Noun - masculine singularThis is to be a permanentעוֹלָם֙H5769Noun - masculine singularstatuteחֻקַּ֤תH2708Noun - feminine singular constructfor the Israelitesבְּנֵ֥יH1121Noun - masculine plural construct. . .יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃סH3478Noun - proper - masculine singularvvvמֵאֵ֖תH854Preposition-mfor the generations to comeלְדֹ֣רֹתָ֔םH1755Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural

BSB notes

The Testimony refers to the stone tablets in the ark of the covenant inscribed with the Ten Commandments.

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