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Exodus 27:20 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “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. "

Exodus 27:20

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18 The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of bronze.

19 All the instruments of the tabernacle in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of bronze.

20 “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.

21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil which is before the covenant, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute forever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

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We read about the lampstand in the previous chapter. Here, God gives a command to keep its lamps burning all the time, or else it would serve no purpose. Every lampstand should have a light that burns and shines, because a lampstand without a flame is like a well with no water or clouds with no rain.

First, the people were to supply the oil. In that sense, the Lord’s ministers were to receive their support from the people. More likely, though, the pure oil points to the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit, which are given to all believers through Christ, the good olive tree, from whose fullness we receive (Zechariah 4:11-12). Without that gift, our light cannot shine before others.

Second, the priests were to light the lamps and care for them. This was part of their daily work, to keep the lamp burning always, day and night. In the same way, it is the work of ministers, by preaching and explaining Scripture, which is like a lamp, to give light to the church, God’s tent on earth, and to guide the spiritual priests in his service. This was to be a lasting rule, that the lamps of the Word should be kept burning as faithfully as the incense of prayer and praise is offered.

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Exodus 30:8

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"When Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations."

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"“Command the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘See that you present my offering, my food for my offerings made by fire, as a pleasant aroma to me, in their due season.’"

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Leviticus 24:4

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"He shall keep in order the lamps on the pure gold lamp stand before the LORD continually."

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Exodus 27:1

"“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide. The altar shall be square. Its height shall be three cubits."

Exodus 27:2

"You shall make its horns on its four corners. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. You shall overlay it with bronze."

Exodus 27:3

"You shall make its pots to take away its ashes; and its shovels, its basins, its meat hooks, and its fire pans. You shall make all its vessels of bronze."

Exodus 27:4

"You shall make a grating for it of network of bronze. On the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners."

Exodus 27:5

"You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar."

Exodus 27:6

"You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze."

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