Exodus 27:20 (KJV)
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And thou shalt commandthe childrenof Israelthat they bringthee pure oil olive beatenfor the lightto cause the lampto burn always
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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. Ex 39:37 Le 24:2-4 Re 8:9 Ps 23:5 Zec 4:11-14 Re 11:4
for the light. Ex 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 ch. 30:8, and 1 Sa 3:3, that they were anciently extinguished in the morning. to burn. Heb. to ascend up.
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