Leviticus 24:4

4 Aaron must always keep the lamps burning on the lampstands of pure gold before the Lord.

Leviticus 24:4 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 24:4

He shall order the lamps on the pure candlestick
So called, as Jarchi suggests, for these two reasons, partly because it was made of pure gold, and partly because it was to be kept pure and clean, and free from ashes, by the priest; see ( Exodus 25:31 ) ; before the Lord continually;
which both respects the situation of the candlestick, and the work about it, which Aaron was to do continually before and in the presence of the Lord. Jarchi thinks this ordering respects the measure of oil for every night, which he says, according to the wise men, was half a log for every lamp, which was about a quarter of a pint of oil.

Leviticus 24:4 In-Context

2 "Command the peo- ple of Israel to bring you pure oil from crushed olives. That oil is for the lamps so that these lamps may never go out.

3 Aaron will keep the lamps burning in the Meeting Tent from evening until morning before the Lord; this is in front of the curtain of the Ark of the Agreement. This law will continue from now on.

4 Aaron must always keep the lamps burning on the lampstands of pure gold before the Lord.

5 "Take fine flour and bake twelve loaves of bread with it, using four quarts of flour for each loaf.

6 Put them in two rows on the golden table before the Lord, six loaves in each row.