Leviticus 24:3

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Without	מִחוּץ֩ mi.Chutz	H2351	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
vail	לְפָרֹ֨כֶת le.fa.Ro.khet	H6532	a separatrix · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
testimony	הָעֵדֻ֜ת ha.'ei.Dut	H5715	testimony · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
tabernacle	בְּאֹ֣הֶל be.'O.hel	H168	a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
congregation	מוֹעֵ֗ד mo.'Ed	H4150	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
Aaron	אַהֲרֹ֜ן 'a.ha.Ron	H175	Aharon · proper noun, a man's name
order	יַעֲרֹךְ֩ ya.'a.roKh	H6186	to set in a row · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
evening	מֵעֶ֧רֶב me.'E.rev	H6153	dusk · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
morning	בֹּ֛קֶר Bo.ker	H1242	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
before	לִפְנֵ֥י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
continually	תָּמִ֑יד ta.Mid	H8548	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
statute	חֻקַּ֥ת chu.Kat	H2708	an enactment · noun, common feminine singular construct
ever	עוֹלָ֖ם o.Lam	H5769	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
generations	לְדֹרֹֽתֵיכֶֽם le.do.Ro.tei.Khem	H1755	properly · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 24:1-9

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, Exo 27:20, Exo 27:21. 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 to be used in God's service, must be of the best, pure olive-oil, beaten, probably it was double-strained. This was to cause the lamps to burn; all our English copies read it lamps, but in the original it is singular in Lev 24:2 - to cause the lamp to burn; but plural in Lev 24:4 - he shall order t…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 24:3

Aaron shall order it from the evening unto the morning--The daily presence of the priests was necessary to superintend the cleaning and trimming.

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 24:2

Pure oil olive - See every thing relative to this ordinance explained on Exo 27:20, Exo 27:21 (note).

John Gill on Leviticus 24:3

Without the vail of the testimony,.... That is, on the outside of the vail which divided between the holy and holy of holies, and which was before the ark in which the testimony or law was: in the tabernacle of the congregation; which the apostle calls the first, namely, the holy place in which the candlestick, with its lamps, stood, Hebrews 9:2, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning, before the Lord continually, that is, the lamp or lamps, or candlestick, in which they were, or the light of them; his business was, and so every priest's that succeeded him, to supply the lamps with oil, to dress, him, and snuff them, that they might burn clear, and burn always, and that bef…

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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…
Candlestick · For the tabernacle: Lighted &c by priests — For the tabernacle: Lighted &c by priests
Lamp · Kept burning at night in the tabernacle and — Kept burning at night in the tabernacle and
Oil · Il — Il
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

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).

Leviticus 24:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Matthew Henry on Leviticus 24:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 24:3

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 24:2

John Gill on Leviticus 24:3

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Leviticus 24:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 24:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 24:3

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 24:2

John Gill on Leviticus 24:3

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Leviticus 24:1-4

Rashi on Leviticus 24:3