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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 3:3 - Strong Concordance

Verse         Translation Text
1Sa 3:3 Strong Concordance And ere the lamp [05216] of God [0430] went out [03518] in the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], where the ark [0727] of God [0430] was, and Samuel [08050] was laid down [07901] to sleep;
  King James And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;

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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]
ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the Lord--The "temple" seems to have become the established designation of the tabernacle, and the time indicated was towards the morning twilight, as the lamps were extinguished at sunrise (see Lev 6:12-13).
 
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12 And the fire [0784] upon the altar [04196] shall be burning [03344] in it; it shall not be put out [03518]: and the priest [03548] shall burn [01197] wood [06086] on it every morning [01242], and lay the burnt offering [05930] in order [06186] upon it; and he shall burn [06999] thereon the fat [02459] of the peace offerings [08002].
13 The fire [0784] shall ever [08548] be burning [03344] upon the altar [04196]; it shall never go out [03518].
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].
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].