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Exd 27:20 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

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. Exd 39:37; Lev 24:2-4; Jdg 9:9; Psa 23:5; Zec 4:11-14; Rev 11:4
for the light		Exd 25:31-37
to cause the lamp		Josephus says, that the whole of the seven lamps burned all night; and that in the morning four were extinguished, and three burned the whole of the day. Such might have been the practice in his time; but it appears sufficiently evident from Exd 30:8, and 1Sa 3:3, that they were anciently extinguished in the morning.
to burn		Heb. to ascend up.

Correlating Passages

pure oil olive beaten

	Exd 39:37	The pure candlestick, [with] the lamps thereof, [even with] the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,
	Lev 24:2	Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
	Lev 24:3	Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: [it shall be] a statute for ever in your generations.
	Lev 24:4	He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.
	Jdg 9:9	But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
	Psa 23:5	Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
	Zec 4:11	Then answered I, and said unto him, What [are] these two olive trees upon the right [side] of the candlestick and upon the left [side] thereof?
	Zec 4:12	And I answered again, and said unto him, What [be these] two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden [oil] out of themselves?
	Zec 4:13	And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these [be]? And I said, No, my lord.
	Zec 4:14	Then said he, These [are] the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
	Rev 11:4	These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

for the light

	Exd 25:31	And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of] beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
	Exd 25:32	And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:
	Exd 25:33	Three bowls made like unto almonds, [with] a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, [with] a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
	Exd 25:34	And in the candlestick [shall be] four bowls made like unto almonds, [with] their knops and their flowers.
	Exd 25:35	And [there shall be] a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
	Exd 25:36	Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it [shall be] one beaten work [of] pure gold.
	Exd 25:37	And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.

to cause the lamp

	Exd 30:8	And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
	1Sa 3:3	And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God [was], and Samuel was laid down [to sleep];

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Scott, Thomas. "Exodus 27:20," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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