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Leviticus 24:2
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Care of the Tabernacle Lamps

1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 a“Command the children of Israel that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to make the lamps burn continually.  
3 Outside the veil of the Testimony, in the tabernacle of meeting, Aaron shall be in charge of it from evening until morning before the Lord continually; it shall be a statute forever in your generations.
4 He shall be in charge of the lamps on athe pure gold lampstand before the Lord continually.  

The Bread of the Tabernacle

5 “And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve acakes with it. Two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake.  
6 You shall set them in two rows, six in a row, aon the pure gold table before the Lord.  
Commentaries:


No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Leviticus 24:2.

Leviticus 24:1-4

So bringing the oil was the commanded responsibility, but the light was the goal or the result. Having the light burn continually was the goal. This would be our actions which are seen or the character developed from our actions within the relationship—the oil, the pure oil that we bring. Specifically, it is godly character.

The number of times we are referred to as light cannot be understated in the realm of this command to the Israelites in Exodus. The command still holds true to us today. The other place in Scripture where this command is mentioned is in Leviticus 24:1-4, and it reads, "It shall be a statute forever in your generations." A statute forever. The statute was on a national level during the time of the Israelites. Today, it would seem this command is more on a personal level for you and I.

Excerpted from Oil For the Light

 
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