Levítico 24:2

2 «Manda a los israelitas que te traigan aceite puro de olivas prensadas, para la iluminación del santuario. Así las lámparas se mantendrán siempre encendidas.

Levítico 24:2 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 24:2

Command the children of Israel
Moses was the chief magistrate under God, and being clothed with authority from him, had power to command the children of Israel to do what the Lord required of them: that they bring unto thee pure oil olive, beaten, for the light;
this was to be at the public expense, and it belonged to the community to supply the priests with oil for the light of the candlestick in the temple, ( Exodus 25:6 ) ; and this oil was not to be any sort of oil, as train oil, or oil of nuts, almonds but oil of olives, and not any sort of that, but the purest, which was the first that was taken from them; it seems there were three sorts, the first of which was pure, and this beaten in a mortar, and not ground in a mill; (See Gill on Exodus 27:20); to cause the lamps to burn continually;
the lamps in the golden candlestick, which were seven, ( Exodus 25:37 ) ; or "the lamp", in the singular number, as it is in the original text; the western lamp, which is said to be always kept lighted, from which the rest were lighted when out; though the oil was undoubtedly for the supply of the lamps, that they might burn always, night and day; or from night tonight, as Jarchi; and both on sabbath days and working days, as the Targum of Jonathan.

Levítico 24:2 In-Context

1 El SEÑOR le dijo a Moisés:

2 «Manda a los israelitas que te traigan aceite puro de olivas prensadas, para la iluminación del santuario. Así las lámparas se mantendrán siempre encendidas.

3 Aarón preparará las lámparas en la Tienda de reunión, fuera de la cortina del pacto, para que ardan delante del SEÑOR toda la noche. Este será un estatuto perpetuo para las generaciones venideras.

4 Las lámparas que están sobre el candelabro de oro puro se mantendrán siempre encendidas delante del SEÑOR.

5 »Toma flor de harina y hornea doce tortas de pan. Cada torta debe pesar cuatro kilos.