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Exodus 27:20 — Meaning and Application
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" 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. "
Exodus 27:20
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The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
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.
In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
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Exodus 27:1
"And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits."
Exodus 27:2
"And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass."
Exodus 27:3
"And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass."
Exodus 27:4
"And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners"
Exodus 27:5
"And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar."
Exodus 27:6
"And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass."
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