Leviticus 24:1

The Sanctuary’s Lamp and Bread

1 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Leviticus 24:1 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 24:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses
After he had delivered to him the laws concerning the purity of the priests, and the perfection of the sacrifices they were to offer, and concerning the feasts the people were to keep, he spoke to Moses of some other things which concerned both people and priests: saying;
as follows.

Leviticus 24:1 In-Context

1 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "Command the {Israelites} that they should bring pure olive oil [from] beaten [olives] for the light to {present} a lamp continually.

3 Aaron shall arrange for it {outside} the curtain of the testimony in [the] tent of assembly from evening until morning {before} Yahweh continually; [it shall be] a {lasting statute} throughout your generations.

4 On the pure [golden] lampstand he shall arrange for the lamps {before} Yahweh continually.

5 "And you shall take finely milled flour, and you shall bake [with] it twelve ring-shaped bread cakes: each one [shall be] two-tenths [of an ephah].

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "And"