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Exodus 27:20-21
Evangelical Heritage Version
Exodus 27:20-21
Evangelical Heritage Version
Oil for the Lamps
20 You shall command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives[a] for the Light so that the lamp may burn every night.[b] 21 In the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil which is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend the lamp before the Lord from evening to morning. This shall be a permanent regulation throughout their generations for the people of Israel.
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- Exodus 27:20 The basic meaning of the Hebrew verb ktt is “beat.” The translation assumes that oil from beaten olives is the highest grade “extra virgin” olive oil from the first crushing of the olives, which was done by hand, not by a mechanical press.
- Exodus 27:20 The Hebrew word means continually. It seems, however, that the lamps burned from evening to morning. See the next verse and 30:8. So in this context continually means every night, not at all times.
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