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Selected Verse: Exodus 25:37 - King James

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Ex 25:37 King James And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
they shall light the lamps . . . that they may give light--The light was derived from pure olive oil, and probably kept continually burning (compare Exo 30:7; Lev 24:2).
 
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2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.