Exodus 27:20-21

New Catholic Bible

²⁰The Oil for the Lampstand.“You shall order the children of Israel to obtain pure oil pressed from olives for the light, so that a lamp may burn continually. ²¹It shall be in the meeting tent^[a] outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony. Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning so that it may be before the Lord. This is a statute for the children of Israel throughout all their generations.

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Footnotes

Exodus 27:21 The meeting tent is another term for the tabernacle, the place where God and his people meet.

Exodus 27:20-21

New International Version

Oil for the Lampstand^(A)

²⁰“Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil^(B) of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning. ²¹In the tent of meeting,^(C) outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law,^(D) Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps^(E) burning before the Lord from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance^(F) among the Israelites for the generations to come.