Leviticus 24. Four Additional Ordinances.
Leviticus 24:1-4. The Holy Lamp (P).
Leviticus 24:2 f. is partially identical with Exodus 27:20 * a section which may not be in its right place. The candlestick with seven lights (cf. lamps, Leviticus 24:4) is represented on the Arch of Titus; 1 Kings 7:49 mentions ten candlesticks; Leviticus 24:2 f. probably represents the earlier custom of one lamp (cf. 1 Samuel 3:3).
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
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.
4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.