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Selected Verse: Leviticus 24:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Le 24:1 |
Strong Concordance |
And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559], |
| |
King James |
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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, Lev 23:17. It appears that the responsibility of keeping up the lights rested on the high priest, but the actual service might be performed, on ordinary occasions, by the common priests. Compare margin reference.
Lev 24:5
Each cake or loaf of unleavened bread Lev 2:11 was to contain about six pounds and a quarter (see Exo 29:40 note) of fine flour. The material was the same, both in quality and in quantity, with that of each one of the wave-loaves of Pentecost Lev 23:17. In the service of the temple the preparation and arrangement of the cakes was committed to the Levites Ch1 9:32; Ch1 23:29; Ch2 13:11.
Lev 24:6
Two rows, six on a row - Rather, two piles, six in a pile. On the table, see Exo 25:23-30.
Lev 24:7
The frankincense as a memorial (like the handful of the meat-offering, Lev 2:2), was most likely cast upon the altar-fire as "an offering made by fire unto the Lord," when the bread was removed from the table on the Sabbath-day Lev 24:8; Sa1 21:6. The frankincense was put into small gold cups, one of which was placed upon each pile of bread. (See Exo 25:23-30 note.)
Lev 24:8
Being taken from the children of Israel - Each cake represented the offering of a tribe.
Lev 24:9
See Lev 2:3 note. It could have been only by a stretch of the law that Ahimelech gave a portion of the showbread to David and his men, on the ground that they were free from ceremonial defilement. Sa1 21:4-6; Mat 12:4.
The showbread was a true meat-offering (see Exo 25:29). The special form in which it was offered, especially in its being brought into the tabernacle and in its consisting of twelve loaves, distinguish it as an offering made on behalf of the nation. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The directions concerning the oil for the holy candlestick (Lev 24:1-4) and the preparation of the shew-bread (Lev 24:5-9) lose the appearance of an interpolation, when we consider and rightly understand on the one hand the manner in which the two are introduced in Lev 24:2, and on the other their significance in relation to the worship of God. The introductory formula, "Command the children of Israel that they fetch (bring)," shows that the command relates to an offering on the part of the congregation, a sacrificial gift, with which Israel was to serve the Lord continually. This service consisted in the fact, that in the oil of the lamps of the seven-branched candlestick, which burned before Jehovah, the nation of Israel manifested itself as a congregation which caused its light to shine in the darkness of this world; and that in the shew-bread it offered the fruits of its labour in the field of the kingdom of God, as a spiritual sacrifice to Jehovah. The offering of oil, therefore, for the preparation of the candlestick, and that of fine flour for making the loaves to be placed before Jehovah, formed part of the service in which Israel sanctified its life and labour to the Lord its God, not only at the appointed festal periods, but every day; and the law is very appropriately appended to the sanctification of the Sabbaths and feast-days, prescribed in ch. 23. The first instructions in Lev 24:2-4 are a verbal repetition of Exo 27:20-21, and have been explained already. Their execution by Aaron is recorded at Num 8:1-4; and the candlestick itself was set in order by Moses at the consecration of the tabernacle (Exo 40:25). |
29 And thou shalt make [06213] the dishes [07086] thereof, and spoons [03709] thereof, and covers [07184] thereof, and bowls [04518] thereof, to cover [05258] withal [02004]: of pure [02889] gold [02091] shalt thou make [06213] them.
4 How [4459] he entered into [1525] [1519] the house [3624] of God [2316], and [2532] did eat [5315] the shewbread [740] [4286], which [3739] was [2258] not [3756] lawful [1832] for him [846] to eat [5315], neither for [3761] them which [3326] were with him [846], but [1508] only [3441] for the priests [2409]?
4 And the priest [03548] answered [06030] David [01732], and said [0559], There is no common [02455] bread [03899] under mine hand [03027], but there is [03426] hallowed [06944] bread [03899]; if the young men [05288] have kept [08104] themselves at least [0389] from women [0802].
5 And David [01732] answered [06030] the priest [03548], and said [0559] unto him, Of a truth [0518] women [0802] have been kept [06113] from us about these three [08032] days [08543], since I came out [03318], and the vessels [03627] of the young men [05288] are holy [06944], and the bread is in a manner [01870] common [02455], yea, though it were sanctified [06942] this day [03117] in the vessel [03627].
6 So the priest [03548] gave [05414] him hallowed [06944] bread: for there was no bread [03899] there but the shewbread [03899] [06440], that was taken [05493] from before [06440] the LORD [03068], to put [07760] hot [02527] bread [03899] in the day [03117] when it was taken away [03947].
3 And the remnant [03498] of the meat offering [04503] shall be Aaron's [0175] and his sons [01121]': it is a thing most [06944] holy [06944] of the offerings [0801] of the LORD [03068] made by fire [0801].
9 And it shall be Aaron's [0175] and his sons [01121]'; and they shall eat [0398] it in the holy [06918] place [04725]: for it is most [06944] holy [06944] unto him of the offerings [0801] of the LORD [03068] made by fire [0801] by a perpetual [05769] statute [02706].
8 Every sabbath [07676] he shall set it [03117] in order [06186] before [06440] the LORD [03068] continually [08548], being taken from the children [01121] of Israel [03478] by an everlasting [05769] covenant [01285].
23 Thou shalt also make [06213] a table [07979] of shittim [07848] wood [06086]: two cubits [0520] shall be the length [0753] thereof, and a cubit [0520] the breadth [07341] thereof, and a cubit [0520] and a half [02677] the height [06967] thereof.
24 And thou shalt overlay [06823] it with pure [02889] gold [02091], and make [06213] thereto a crown [02213] of gold [02091] round about [05439].
25 And thou shalt make [06213] unto it a border [04526] of an hand breadth [02948] round about [05439], and thou shalt make [06213] a golden [02091] crown [02213] to the border [04526] thereof round about [05439].
26 And thou shalt make [06213] for it four [0702] rings [02885] of gold [02091], and put [05414] the rings [02885] in the four [0702] corners [06285] that are on the four [0702] feet [07272] thereof.
27 Over against [05980] the border [04526] shall the rings [02885] be for places [01004] of the staves [0905] to bear [05375] the table [07979].
28 And thou shalt make [06213] the staves [0905] of shittim [07848] wood [06086], and overlay [06823] them with gold [02091], that the table [07979] may be borne [05375] with them.
29 And thou shalt make [06213] the dishes [07086] thereof, and spoons [03709] thereof, and covers [07184] thereof, and bowls [04518] thereof, to cover [05258] withal [02004]: of pure [02889] gold [02091] shalt thou make [06213] them.
30 And thou shalt set [05414] upon the table [07979] shewbread [03899] before [06440] me alway [08548].
6 So the priest [03548] gave [05414] him hallowed [06944] bread: for there was no bread [03899] there but the shewbread [03899] [06440], that was taken [05493] from before [06440] the LORD [03068], to put [07760] hot [02527] bread [03899] in the day [03117] when it was taken away [03947].
8 Every sabbath [07676] he shall set it [03117] in order [06186] before [06440] the LORD [03068] continually [08548], being taken from the children [01121] of Israel [03478] by an everlasting [05769] covenant [01285].
2 And he shall bring [0935] it to Aaron's [0175] sons [01121] the priests [03548]: and he shall take [07061] thereout [08033] his handful [07062] [04393] of the flour [05560] thereof, and of the oil [08081] thereof, with all the frankincense [03828] thereof; and the priest [03548] shall burn [06999] the memorial [0234] of it upon the altar [04196], to be an offering made by fire [0801], of a sweet [05207] savour [07381] unto the LORD [03068]:
7 And thou shalt put [05414] pure [02134] frankincense [03828] upon each row [04635], that it may be on the bread [03899] for a memorial [0234], even an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068].
23 Thou shalt also make [06213] a table [07979] of shittim [07848] wood [06086]: two cubits [0520] shall be the length [0753] thereof, and a cubit [0520] the breadth [07341] thereof, and a cubit [0520] and a half [02677] the height [06967] thereof.
24 And thou shalt overlay [06823] it with pure [02889] gold [02091], and make [06213] thereto a crown [02213] of gold [02091] round about [05439].
25 And thou shalt make [06213] unto it a border [04526] of an hand breadth [02948] round about [05439], and thou shalt make [06213] a golden [02091] crown [02213] to the border [04526] thereof round about [05439].
26 And thou shalt make [06213] for it four [0702] rings [02885] of gold [02091], and put [05414] the rings [02885] in the four [0702] corners [06285] that are on the four [0702] feet [07272] thereof.
27 Over against [05980] the border [04526] shall the rings [02885] be for places [01004] of the staves [0905] to bear [05375] the table [07979].
28 And thou shalt make [06213] the staves [0905] of shittim [07848] wood [06086], and overlay [06823] them with gold [02091], that the table [07979] may be borne [05375] with them.
29 And thou shalt make [06213] the dishes [07086] thereof, and spoons [03709] thereof, and covers [07184] thereof, and bowls [04518] thereof, to cover [05258] withal [02004]: of pure [02889] gold [02091] shalt thou make [06213] them.
30 And thou shalt set [05414] upon the table [07979] shewbread [03899] before [06440] me alway [08548].
6 And thou shalt set [07760] them in two [08147] rows [04634], six [08337] on a row [04635], upon the pure [02889] table [07979] before [06440] the LORD [03068].
11 And they burn [06999] unto the LORD [03068] every morning [01242] and every evening [06153] burnt sacrifices [05930] and sweet [05561] incense [07004]: the shewbread [03899] [04635] also set they in order upon the pure [02889] table [07979]; and the candlestick [04501] of gold [02091] with the lamps [05216] thereof, to burn [01197] every evening [06153]: for we keep [08104] the charge [04931] of the LORD [03068] our God [0430]; but ye have forsaken [05800] him.
29 Both for the shewbread [03899] [04635], and for the fine flour [05560] for meat offering [04503], and for the unleavened [04682] cakes [07550], and for that which is baked in the pan [04227], and for that which is fried [07246], and for all manner of measure [04884] and size [04060];
32 And other of their brethren [0251], of the sons [01121] of the Kohathites [06956], were over the shewbread [03899] [04635], to prepare [03559] it every sabbath [07676].
17 Ye shall bring out [0935] of your habitations [04186] two [08147] wave [08573] loaves [03899] of two [08147] tenth deals [06241]: they shall be of fine flour [05560]; they shall be baken [0644] with leaven [02557]; they are the firstfruits [01061] unto the LORD [03068].
40 And with the one [0259] lamb [03532] a tenth [06241] deal of flour [05560] mingled [01101] with the fourth part [07253] of an hin [01969] of beaten [03795] oil [08081]; and the fourth part [07243] of an hin [01969] of wine [03196] for a drink offering [05262].
11 No meat offering [04503], which ye shall bring [07126] unto the LORD [03068], shall be made [06213] with leaven [02557]: for ye shall burn [06999] no leaven [07603], nor any honey [01706], in any offering [0801] of the LORD [03068] made by fire [0801].
5 And thou shalt take [03947] fine flour [05560], and bake [0644] twelve [06240] cakes [02471] thereof: two [08147] tenth deals [06241] shall be in one [0259] cake [02471].
17 Ye shall bring out [0935] of your habitations [04186] two [08147] wave [08573] loaves [03899] of two [08147] tenth deals [06241]: they shall be of fine flour [05560]; they shall be baken [0644] with leaven [02557]; they are the firstfruits [01061] unto the LORD [03068].
25 And he lighted [05927] the lamps [05216] before [06440] the LORD [03068]; as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872].
1 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
2 Speak [01696] unto Aaron [0175], and say [0559] unto him, When thou lightest [05927] the lamps [05216], the seven [07651] lamps [05216] shall give light [0215] over against [06440] [04136] the candlestick [04501].
3 And Aaron [0175] did [06213] so; he lighted [05927] the lamps [05216] thereof over against [04136] [06440] the candlestick [04501], as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872].
4 And this work [04639] of the candlestick [04501] was of beaten [04749] gold [02091], unto the shaft [03409] thereof, unto the flowers [06525] thereof, was beaten work [04749]: according unto the pattern [04758] which the LORD [03068] had shewed [07200] Moses [04872], so he made [06213] the candlestick [04501].
20 And thou shalt command [06680] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], that they bring [03947] thee pure [02134] oil [08081] olive [02132] beaten [03795] for the light [03974], to cause the lamp [05216] to burn [05927] always [08548].
21 In the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] without [02351] the vail [06532], which is before the testimony [05715], Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121] shall order [06186] it from evening [06153] to morning [01242] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: it shall be a statute [02708] for ever [05769] unto their generations [01755] on the behalf of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
2 Command [06680] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], that they bring [03947] unto thee pure [02134] oil [08081] olive [02132] beaten [03795] for the light [03974], to cause the lamps [05216] to burn [05927] continually [08548].
3 Without [02351] the vail [06532] of the testimony [05715], in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], shall Aaron [0175] order [06186] it from the evening [06153] unto the morning [01242] before [06440] the LORD [03068] continually [08548]: it shall be a statute [02708] for ever [05769] in your generations [01755].
4 He shall order [06186] the lamps [05216] upon the pure [02889] candlestick [04501] before [06440] the LORD [03068] continually [08548].
2 Command [06680] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], that they bring [03947] unto thee pure [02134] oil [08081] olive [02132] beaten [03795] for the light [03974], to cause the lamps [05216] to burn [05927] continually [08548].
5 And thou shalt take [03947] fine flour [05560], and bake [0644] twelve [06240] cakes [02471] thereof: two [08147] tenth deals [06241] shall be in one [0259] cake [02471].
6 And thou shalt set [07760] them in two [08147] rows [04634], six [08337] on a row [04635], upon the pure [02889] table [07979] before [06440] the LORD [03068].
7 And thou shalt put [05414] pure [02134] frankincense [03828] upon each row [04635], that it may be on the bread [03899] for a memorial [0234], even an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068].
8 Every sabbath [07676] he shall set it [03117] in order [06186] before [06440] the LORD [03068] continually [08548], being taken from the children [01121] of Israel [03478] by an everlasting [05769] covenant [01285].
9 And it shall be Aaron's [0175] and his sons [01121]'; and they shall eat [0398] it in the holy [06918] place [04725]: for it is most [06944] holy [06944] unto him of the offerings [0801] of the LORD [03068] made by fire [0801] by a perpetual [05769] statute [02706].
1 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
2 Command [06680] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], that they bring [03947] unto thee pure [02134] oil [08081] olive [02132] beaten [03795] for the light [03974], to cause the lamps [05216] to burn [05927] continually [08548].
3 Without [02351] the vail [06532] of the testimony [05715], in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], shall Aaron [0175] order [06186] it from the evening [06153] unto the morning [01242] before [06440] the LORD [03068] continually [08548]: it shall be a statute [02708] for ever [05769] in your generations [01755].
4 He shall order [06186] the lamps [05216] upon the pure [02889] candlestick [04501] before [06440] the LORD [03068] continually [08548].