Leviticus 24:1-9

The Lamp and the Bread of the Sanctuary

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 "Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you 1clear oil from beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.
3 "Outside * the veil of testimony in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD continually; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations.
4 "He shall keep the lamps in order on the 2pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.
5 "3Then you shall take fine flour and bake twelve * cakes with it; two-tenths * of an ephah shall be in each cake.
6 "You shall set them in two rows, six to a row, on the 4pure gold table before the LORD.
7 "You shall put pure frankincense on each row that it may be 5a memorial portion for the bread, even an offering by fire to the LORD.
8 "6Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before the LORD 7continually; it is an everlasting covenant for the sons of Israel.
9 "8It shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him from the LORD'S offerings by fire, his portion forever."

Cross References 8

  • 1. Exodus 27:20, 21
  • 2. Exodus 25:31; Exodus 31:8; Exodus 37:17
  • 3. Exodus 25:30; Exodus 39:36; Exodus 40:23
  • 4. Exodus 25:24; 1 Kings 7:48
  • 5. Lev 2:2, 9, 16
  • 6. Matthew 12:5
  • 7. Exodus 25:30; Numbers 4:7; 2 Chronicles 2:4
  • 8. Matthew 12:4; Mark 2:26; Luke 6:4

Footnotes 3

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