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Ex. 27:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thees pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp ζto burn always.

Lev. 24:2• ²Command the children of Israel that they bring unto thee pure beaten olive oil for the light, to light the lamp continually. (Lev. 24:2)

to ascend up.

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pure oil olive beaten.That is, such oil as could be easily expressed from the olives, after they had been bruised in a mortar; and which is much purer than that obtained after the olives are put under the press.

Ex. 39:37• ³⁷the pure candlestick, its lamps, the lamps set in order, and all its utensils, and the oil for the light; (Ex. 39:37)

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Lev. 24:2‑4• ²Command the children of Israel that they bring unto thee pure beaten olive oil for the light, to light the lamp continually.
³Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron dress it from evening to morning before Jehovah continually: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations.
⁴Upon the pure candlestick shall he arrange the lamps before Jehovah continually. (Lev. 24:2‑4)

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Judg. 9:9• ⁹And the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to wave over the trees? (Judg. 9:9)

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Psa. 23:5• ⁵Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over. (Psa. 23:5)

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Zech. 4:11‑14• ¹¹And I answered and said unto him, What are these two olive-trees on the right of the lamp-stand and on its left?
¹²And I answered the second time and said unto him, What are the two olive-branches which are beside the two golden tubes that empty the gold out of themselves?
¹³And he spoke to me, saying, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
¹⁴And he said, These are the two sons of oil, that stand before the Lord of the whole earth. (Zech. 4:11‑14)

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Rev. 11:4• ⁴These are the two olive trees and the two lamps which stand before the Lord of the earth; (Rev. 11:4)

for the light.

Ex. 25:31‑37• ³¹And thou shalt make a lamp-stand of pure gold; of beaten work shall the lamp-stand be made: its base and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of the same.
³²And six branches shall come out of the sides thereof--three branches of the lamp-stand out of one side thereof, and three branches of the lamp-stand out of the other side thereof;
³³three cups shaped like almonds in the one branch, a knob and a flower: and three cups shaped like almonds in the other branch, a knob and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the lamp-stand.
³⁴And in the lamp-stand four cups shaped like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;
³⁵and a knob under two branches of it, and again a knob under two branches of it, and again a knob under two branches of it, for the six branches that proceed out of the lamp-stand.
³⁶Their knobs and their branches shall be of itself--all of one beaten work of pure gold.
³⁷And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof, and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may shine out before it; (Ex. 25:31‑37)

to cause the lamp.Josephus says, that the whole of the seven lamps burned all night; and that in the morning four were extinguished, and three burned the whole of the day.

Such might have been the practice in his time; but it appears sufficiently evident from ch. 30:8, and 1 Sa 3:3, that they were anciently extinguished in the morning.to burn.

Heb. to ascend up.

• The priests were to take care that the light of the candlestick should be always shining outside the veil, which hid the testimony inside, and during the night; it was the light of the grace and of the power of God by the Spirit that manifested God spiritually. It was not Himself upon the throne, where His sovereign being was keeping the treasure of His righteousness: that treasure Christ alone, in His Person and in His nature, could be Himself. (“Exodus 27” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee olive oil, pure, beatene, for the light, to lightf the lamp continually.

JND Translation Notes

i.e. beaten in a mortar, not pressed.

See ch. 25.37.