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The LORD spoke to Moses,
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"Command the Israelites to bring you pure, virgin olive oil for the lamp stand so that the lamps won't go out.
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In the tent of meeting, outside the canopy where the words of my promise are, Aaron must keep the lamps lit in the LORD's presence from evening until morning. It is a permanent law for generations to come.
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Aaron must keep the lamps on the pure gold lamp stand lit in the LORD's presence.
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"Also take flour and bake twelve rings of bread. Each ring will contain four quarts of flour.
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Put them in two stacks of six each on the gold table in the LORD's presence.
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Lay pure incense on top of each stack. The incense on the bread will be a reminder, an offering by fire to the LORD.
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Every day of worship [a priest] must arrange the bread in the LORD's presence. It is a continual reminder of my promise to the Israelites.
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The bread will belong to Aaron and his sons. They will eat it in a holy place. It is very holy, set apart from the LORD's offering by fire. This is a permanent law."
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A man, whose mother was Shelomith (daughter of Dibri, from the tribe of Dan in Israel) and whose father was from Egypt, got into a quarrel with an Israelite in the camp.