Exodus 27:21

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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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
tabernacle	בְּאֹ֣הֶל be.'O.hel	H168	a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
congregation	מוֹעֵד֩ mo.'Ed	H4150	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
without	מִח֨וּץ mi.Chutz	H2351	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
vail	לַפָּרֹ֜כֶת la.pa.Ro.khet	H6532	a separatrix · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
testimony	הָעֵדֻ֗ת ha.'e.Dut	H5715	testimony · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
Aaron	אַהֲרֹ֧ן 'a.ha.Ron	H175	Aharon · proper noun, a man's name
sons	וּבָנָ֛יו u.va.Nav	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
order	יַעֲרֹךְ֩ ya.'a.roKh	H6186	to set in a row · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
evening	מֵעֶ֥רֶב me.'E.rev	H6153	dusk · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
morning	בֹּ֖קֶר Bo.ker	H1242	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
before	לִפְנֵ֣י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
LORD	יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
statute	חֻקַּ֤ת chu.Kat	H2708	an enactment · noun, common feminine singular construct
ever	עוֹלָם֙ o.Lam	H5769	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
generations	לְדֹ֣רֹתָ֔ם le.Do.ro.Tam	H1755	properly · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
children	בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Numbers 18:23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ev…
Numbers 19:21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth…
Exodus 30:8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
Leviticus 3:17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
Leviticus 16:34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he di…
1 Samuel 3:3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
2 Chronicles 13:11 And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon th…
Exodus 28:43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 27:20–end

We read of the candlestick in the twenty-fifth chapter; here is an order given for the keeping of the lamps constantly burning in it, else it was useless; in every candlestick there should be a burning and shining light; candlesticks without candles are as wells without water or as clouds without rain. Now, 1. The people were to provide the oil; from them the Lord's ministers must have their maintenance. Or, rather, the pure oil signified the gifts and graces of the Spirit, which are communicated to all believers from Christ the good olive, of whose fulness we receive (Zac 4:11, Zac 4:12), and without which our light cannot shine before men. 2. The priests were to light the lamps, and to ten…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 27:21

shall order it from evening to morning--The tabernacle having no windows, the lamps required to be lighted during the day. JOSEPHUS says that in his time only three were lighted; but his were degenerate times, and there is no Scripture authority for this limitation. But although the priests were obliged from necessity to light them by day, they might have let them go out at night had it not been for this express ordinance. Next: Exodus Chapter 28

Adam Clarke on Exodus 27:21

The tabernacle of the congregation - The place where all the assembly of the people were to worship, where the God of that assembly was pleased to reside, and to which, as the habitation of their king and protector, they were ever to turn their faces in all their adorations. Before the testimony - That is, the ark where the tables of the covenant were deposited. See Exo 25:16. Aaron and his sons - These and their descendants being the only legitimate priests, God having established the priesthood in this family. Shall order it from evening to morning - Josephus says the whole of the seven lamps burned all the night; in the morning four were extinguished, and three kept burning through the wh…

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John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Candlestick — The lamp-stand, “candelabrum,” which Moses was commanded to make for the tabernacle, according to the pattern shown him. Its form is described in Ex. 25:31-40; 37:17-24, and may be seen represented…
Priest — The Heb. kohen, Gr. hierus, Lat. sacerdos, always denote one who offers sacrifices. At first every man was his own priest, and presented his own sacrifices before God. Afterwards that office devolved…
Candlestick · .Burned every night — .Burned every night
Evening, The · The golden candlestick lighted in — The golden candlestick lighted in
Lamp · Kept burning at night in the tabernacle and — Kept burning at night in the tabernacle and
Priest · .Hereditary, — .Hereditary,
Priests · Services of: Lighting and trimming the lamps of the sanctuary — Services of: Lighting and trimming the lamps of the sanctuary
Sanctuary · In the charge of high priest — In the charge of high priest
Tabernacle · .TABERNACLE (A. V.), TENT OF MEETING (R. V.) — .TABERNACLE (A. V.), TENT OF MEETING (R. V.)

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 27:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 27:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 27:21

Adam Clarke on Exodus 27:21

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 27:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 27:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 27:21

Adam Clarke on Exodus 27:21

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 27:20–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 27:20–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 27:21

Rashi on Exodus 27:21