2Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
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For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: …
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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. …
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Care is here taken, and orders are given, for the decent furnishing of the candlestick and table in God’s house. I. The lamps must always be kept burning. The law for this we had before, Exod. 27:20 , 21 . It is here repeated, probably because it now began to be put in execution, when other things were settled. 1. The people were to provide oil (Lev. 24:2), and this, as every thing else that was t…
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