Exodus 27:20-21

The Oil for the Lamps

20 And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually. ¹

21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, ^[a] 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.

Exodus 27:20-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 27

This chapter treats of the altar of burnt offering, and of all things relative to it, Ex 27:1-8, of the court of the tabernacle, its hangings on each side, with pillars, sockets, and hooks for them, Ex 27:9-19 and it is concluded with an order to the Israelites to bring oil olive for the lamp of the sanctuary, Ex 27:20,21.

Cross References

• 1. (Leviticus 24:1–4)

Footnotes

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