The lamps upon the pure candlestick. — Though it would appear from Exodus 25:31 that the candlestick was called pure because it was made entirely of pure gold, yet, according to the authorities during the second Temple, the order here is that “he shall arrange the lamps after having purified and made clean the candlestick, and removed all the cinders.”
The oil for the lamps of the tabernacle and the meal for the showbread were to be offerings from the Congregation, like the meal for the Pentecostal loaves, Leviticus 23:17. It appears that the respon...
2. PRIESTLY DUTIES: THE LIGHT AND THE SHEWBREAD CHAPTER 24:1-9 _ 1. The light (Leviticus 24:1)_ 2. The shewbread (Leviticus 24:5) This chapter is not disconnected from the preceding one as some cla...
LEVITICUS 24. FOUR ADDITIONAL ORDINANCES. Leviticus 24:1. 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 candlestic...
CANDLESTICK. light-holder as Leviticus 24:2 above, and Genesis 1:14, &c. The word "pure" here. purified or ceremonially cleansed: i.e. not for common uses....
The _v._-has somewhat the air of a later addition to make the directions quite plain" (_Oxf. Hex._). For -continually" the LXX. have -until the morning....
2. HOLY LAMPS AND SHOWBREAD 24:1-9 a. THE HOLY LAMP 24:1-4 TEXT 24:1-4 1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for...
_HE SHALL ORDER THE LAMPS UPON THE PURE CANDLESTICK BEFORE THE LORD CONTINUALLY._ UPON THE PURE CANDLESTICK - so called because of pure gold. This was symbolical of the light which ministers are to di...
OIL FOR THE LAMPS. THE SHEWBREAD. LAWS ON BLASPHEMY 1-4. Oil for the Lamps in the Tabernacle. On the construction of the Lampstand see Exodus 25:31, and with the present passage cp. Exodus 27:20 and...
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
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THE ORDERING OF THE LIGHT IN THE HOLY PLACE Leviticus 24:1 "And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to ca...
THE HOLY LIGHT AND THE SHEW BREAD: THE BLASPHEMER'S END Leviticus 24:1 IT is not easy to determine with confidence the association of thought which occasioned the interposition of this chapter, with...
LIGHT AND BREAD AND THE HOLY NAME Leviticus 24:1 The words “Before the Lord” are twice repeated in the opening paragraph. The pure lamplight, emblematic of the influence of a religious life; and the...
As this chapter is read, it seems at first to be out of place or out of order. Yet undoubtedly it is not so. The fact that we may not be able clearly to see the connection does not warrant its omissio...
Is not JESUS'S priesthood, as an unchanging, never-ceasing priesthood, here represented? And subordinate to him, are not the services of his ministers also intended to be set forth? While we pray that...
We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...
The remaining Chapter s of this book appear to me to have a special bearing. The Spirit of God has presented, in chapter 23, the history of the ways of God towards His people upon earth from beginning...
HE SHALL ORDER THE LAMPS ON THE PURE CANDLESTICK,.... So called, as Jarchi suggests, for these two reasons, partly because it was made of pure gold, and partly because it was to be kept pure and clean...
He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually. Ver. 4. _Upon the pure candlestick._] Pure, because daily purified by the priests: so must our consciences be from dead...
_The pure candlestick_ So called, either because of its resplendent brightness, or because it was of pure gold; _before the Lord_ Because it was before the _ark_ and _mercy-seat_, where God was peculi...
1 The oyle for the lampes. 5 The Shewbread. 10 Shelomiths sonne blasphemeth. 13 The Law of Blasphemie. 17 Of Murther. 18 Of Damage. 23 The blasphemer is stoned. [THE SHEWBREAD.] 1 AND the LORD...
OF THE OIL AND THE SHOWBREAD...
He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the Lord continually. This was a function which was expressly delegated to the priests while the Levitical precepts were in force....
CONTINUAL LIGHT (VV. 1-4) Here Moses is told to command the children of Israel that they bring pure olive oil for the seven lamps, never allowing the supply of oil to lapse, so that the lamps would bu...
1-9 The loaves of bread typify Christ as the Bread of life, and the food of the souls of his people. He is the Light of his church, the Light of the world; in and through his word this light shines. B...
So called, partly because it was made of pure gold, partly because it was to be oft dressed and always kept clean....
There is very much to interest the spiritual mind in this brief section. We have seen in chapter 23. the history of the dealings of God with Israel, from the offering up of the Pascal Lamb, until the...
Leviticus 24:4 charge H6186 (H8799) lamps H5216 pure H2889 lampstand H4501 before H6440 LORD H3068 continually H8548
THE GOLDEN LAMPSTAND (LEVITICUS 24:2). Leviticus 24:2 “Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually. Without the...
CONTENTS: Penalty of blasphemy. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, son of Israelitish woman. CONCLUSION: If those who profane the name of God escape punishment from men, yet the Lord our God will not suffer th...
Leviticus 24:2. _Cause the lamps to burn continually._ The heathens also had lamps in their temples. In France it is amusing to see a dim light glimmering through the church windows; and truly it is h...
_Pure oil-olive beaten for the light._ DIRECTIONS FOR FURNISHING OF THE SANCTUARY Care is here taken, and orders given, for the decent furnishing of the candlestick and table in God’s house. I. The...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 24:1 These verses may have been a reminder not to forget the daily tabernacle activities in between the annual festivals described in ch. Leviticus 23:1....
Sanctuary Light; The Shewbread; Blasphemy Punished SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 24:1.—Cause the lamps to burn continually. There is a Light whose radiance never dims, whose glow never pales—self-lum...
EXPOSITION A connection between Leviticus 23:1, and Le Leviticus 24:1 is found by Keil in the fact that the oil for the holy lamps and the shewbread were offerings of the people, a sacrificial gift wi...
Now the beginning of chapter twenty-four, God commands them to bring olive oil so that they might keep the lamps burning continually in the tabernacle. Then God explains the shew bread. He gives the f...
1 Chronicles 28:15; 1 Kings 7:49; Exodus 25:31; Exodus 31:8;...
The pure candlestick — So called, partly because it was made of pure gold, partly because it was to be always kept clean....