Exodus 27:20
And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
Note to burn: Heb. to ascend up
“You shall command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- pure oil olive beaten
- That is, such oil as could be easily expressed from the olives, after they had been bruised in a mortar; and which is much purer than that obtained after the olives are put under the press.
- Exodus 39:37; Leviticus 24:2–4; Judges 9:9; Psalm 23:5; Zechariah 4:11–14; Revelation 11:4
- for the light
- Exodus 25:31–37