Leviticus 24:1-7

1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

2 Command the sons of Israel that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

3 Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the testimony, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually; it shall be a perpetual statute for all your ages.

4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure lampstand before the LORD continually.

5 And thou shalt take fine flour and bake twelve cakes thereof; each cake shall be of two-tenth deals.

6 And thou shalt set them in two orders, six in each order, upon the clean table before the LORD.

7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each order, that it may be on the bread for an aroma and incense unto the LORD.

Leviticus 24:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 24

This chapter treats of the oil for the lamps, and the ordering of them, Le 24:1-4; of the making of the shewbread cakes, and the setting of them on the table, Le 24:5-9; and an Israelite having blasphemed the name of the Lord, and inquiry being made what should be done to him, he, and so any other person guilty of the same, is ordered to be stoned to death, Le 24:10-16; on occasion of which several laws are repeated concerning killing a man or a beast, or doing injury to any man, Le 24:17-23.