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Exodus 27

Ex. 27:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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In the tabernacle
'ohel (Hebrew #168)
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
KJV usage: covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: o'-hel
Origin: from 166
of the congregation
mow`ed (Hebrew #4150)
or (feminine) moweadah (2 Chronicles 8:13) {mo-aw-daw'}; from 3259; properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand)
KJV usage: appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).
Pronounce: mo-ade'
Origin: or moled {mo-ade'}
without
chuwts (Hebrew #2351)
(both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. outside, outdoors
KJV usage: abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
Pronounce: khoots
Origin: or (shortened) chuts {khoots}
the vail
poreketh (Hebrew #6532)
a separatrix, i.e. (the sacred) screen
KJV usage: vail.
Pronounce: po-reh'-keth
Origin: feminine active participle of the same as 6531
, which is before the testimony
`eduwth (Hebrew #5715)
testimony
KJV usage: testimony, witness.
Pronounce: ay-dooth'
Origin: feminine of 5707
, Aaron
'Aharown (Hebrew #175)
Aharon, the brother of Moses
KJV usage: Aaron.
Pronounce: a-har-one'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
and his sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
shallt order
`arak (Hebrew #6186)
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.
Pronounce: aw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
it from evening
`ereb (Hebrew #6153)
dusk
KJV usage: + day, even(-ing, tide), night.
Pronounce: eh'-reb
Origin: from 6150
to morning
boqer (Hebrew #1242)
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
KJV usage: (+) day, early, morning, morrow.
Pronounce: bo'-ker
Origin: from 1239
before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
: it shall be a statute
chuqqah (Hebrew #2708)
feminine of 2706, and meaning substantially the same
KJV usage: appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.
Pronounce: khook-kaw'
v for ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
unto their generations
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
on the behalf of the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
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Ex. 30:8• 8{i}And when Aaron lighteth the lamps between the two evenings, he shall burn the incense—a continual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations.{/i} (Ex. 30:8)
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1 Sam. 3:3• 3Ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of Jehovah where the ark of God was, Samuel was laid down to sleep. (1 Sam. 3:3)
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2 Chron. 13:11• 11{i}and they burn to Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense; the loaves also are set in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with its lamps to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of Jehovah our God; but ye have forsaken him.{/i} (2 Chron. 13:11)
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Luke 12:35• 35Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning; (Luke 12:35)
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Ex. 28:43• 43{i}And they shall be upon Aaron and his sons when they enter into the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar to serve in the sanctuary; that they may not bear iniquity and die—an everlasting statute for him and his seed after him.{/i} (Ex. 28:43)
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Ex. 29:9,28• 9{i}And thou shalt gird them with the girdle—Aaron and his sons, and bind the high caps on them; and the priesthood shall be theirs for an everlasting statute; and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.{/i}
 28{i}And they shall be for Aaron and his sons, as an everlasting statute, on the part of the children of Israel; for it is a heave-offering; and it shall be a heave-offering on the part of the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, as their heave-offering to Jehovah.{/i} (Ex. 29:9,28)
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Lev. 3:17• 17[It is] an everlasting statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings: no fat and no blood shall ye eat. (Lev. 3:17)
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Lev. 16:34• 34And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, {i}to make atonement for the children of Israel to cleanse them from all their sins once a year. And he did as Jehovah had commanded Moses.{/i} (Lev. 16:34)
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Lev. 24:9• 9And it shall be Aaron's, and his sons'; and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it [is] most holy unto him of Jehovah's fire-offerings: an everlasting statute. (Lev. 24:9)
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Num. 18:23• 23{i}But the Levite, he shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations. And among the children of Israel shall they possess no inheritance;{/i} (Num. 18:23)
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Num. 19:21• 21{i}And it shall be an everlasting statute unto them. And he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his garments, and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.{/i} (Num. 19:21)
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1 Sam. 30:25• 25{i}And it was so from that day forward; and he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.{/i} (1 Sam. 30:25)

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Aaron,
Congregation,
Evening,
Forever,
Generation,
Israel,
Son,
Testimony,
The Tabernacle,
Vail; Veil

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the tabernacle of the congregation.
Ex. 29:10,44• 10{i}And thou shalt present the bullock before the tent of meeting; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock;{/i}
 44{i}And I will hallow the tent of meeting, and the altar; and I will hallow Aaron and his sons, that they may serve me as priests.{/i} (Ex. 29:10,44)
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Lev. 3:8• 8and he shall lay his hand on the head of it, and slaughter it before the tent of meeting. And the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood of it on the altar round about (Lev. 3:8)
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Num. 8:9• 9{i}And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tent of meeting; and thou shalt gather together the whole assembly of the children of Israel.{/i} (Num. 8:9)
without the vail.
Ex. 26:31‑33• 31{i}And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus; of artistic work shall it be made, with cherubim.{/i}
 32{i}And thou shalt attach it to four pillars of acacia-wood overlaid with gold, their hooks of gold; they shall be on four bases of silver.{/i}
 33{i}And thou shalt bring the veil under the clasps, and bring in thither, inside the veil, the ark of the testimony; and the curtain shall make a division to you between the holy place and the holiest of all.{/i} (Ex. 26:31‑33)
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Ex. 40:3• 3{i}And thou shalt put in it the ark of the testimony, and shalt cover the ark with the veil.{/i} (Ex. 40:3)
testimony.
Ex. 16:34• 34{i}As Jehovah had commanded Moses, so Aaron deposited it before the Testimony, to be kept.{/i} (Ex. 16:34)
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Ex. 25:16,21• 16{i}And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.{/i}
 21{i}And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above on the ark, and shalt put in the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.{/i} (Ex. 25:16,21)
Aaron.
Ex. 30:8• 8{i}And when Aaron lighteth the lamps between the two evenings, he shall burn the incense—a continual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations.{/i} (Ex. 30:8)
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1 Sam. 3:3• 3Ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of Jehovah where the ark of God was, Samuel was laid down to sleep. (1 Sam. 3:3)
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2 Chron. 13:11• 11{i}and they burn to Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense; the loaves also are set in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with its lamps to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of Jehovah our God; but ye have forsaken him.{/i} (2 Chron. 13:11)
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Mal. 2:7• 7For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 2:7)
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Matt. 4:16• 16{i}-- the people sitting in darkness has seen a great light, and to those sitting in [the] country and shadow of death, to them has light sprung up.{/i} (Matt. 4:16)
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Luke 12:35• 35Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning; (Luke 12:35)
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John 5:35• 35He was the burning and shining lamp, and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light. (John 5:35)
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2 Cor. 4:6• 6because it is the God that bade light shine out of darkness, who shone in our hearts for the illumination of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 4:6)
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2 Peter 1:19• 19And we have the prophetic word firmer, to which ye do well in paying heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until day dawn and a morning star arise in your hearts; (2 Peter 1:19)
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Rev. 2:1• 1To the angel of the church that is in Ephesus write, These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, that walketh in the midst of the seven golden lamp-stands: (Rev. 2:1)
evening.
Gen. 1:5,8• 5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning, one day.
 8And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day, (Gen. 1:5,8)
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Lev. 24:3• 3Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron dress it from evening to morning before Jehovah continually: an everlasting statute throughout your generations. (Lev. 24:3)
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Psa. 134:1• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}Behold, bless Jehovah, all ye servants of Jehovah,{HR}That stand in Jehovah's house in the nights. (Psa. 134:1)
a statute for ever.
Ex. 28:43• 43{i}And they shall be upon Aaron and his sons when they enter into the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar to serve in the sanctuary; that they may not bear iniquity and die—an everlasting statute for him and his seed after him.{/i} (Ex. 28:43)
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Ex. 29:9,28• 9{i}And thou shalt gird them with the girdle—Aaron and his sons, and bind the high caps on them; and the priesthood shall be theirs for an everlasting statute; and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.{/i}
 28{i}And they shall be for Aaron and his sons, as an everlasting statute, on the part of the children of Israel; for it is a heave-offering; and it shall be a heave-offering on the part of the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, as their heave-offering to Jehovah.{/i} (Ex. 29:9,28)
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Lev. 3:17• 17[It is] an everlasting statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings: no fat and no blood shall ye eat. (Lev. 3:17)
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Lev. 16:34• 34And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, {i}to make atonement for the children of Israel to cleanse them from all their sins once a year. And he did as Jehovah had commanded Moses.{/i} (Lev. 16:34)
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Lev. 24:9• 9And it shall be Aaron's, and his sons'; and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it [is] most holy unto him of Jehovah's fire-offerings: an everlasting statute. (Lev. 24:9)
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Num. 18:23• 23{i}But the Levite, he shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations. And among the children of Israel shall they possess no inheritance;{/i} (Num. 18:23)
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Num. 19:21• 21{i}And it shall be an everlasting statute unto them. And he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his garments, and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.{/i} (Num. 19:21)
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1 Sam. 30:25• 25{i}And it was so from that day forward; and he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.{/i} (1 Sam. 30:25)
• The priesthood was essential here for us, in order to maintain this relation between the energy of the Holy Spirit and the service of men in whom He manifested Himself, in order that the light might shine (ch. 27:20-21). We find, therefore, immediately afterwards, the ordinance for the establishment of the priesthood. (“Exodus 27” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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In the tent of meeting outside the veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall dress them from evening to morning before Jehovah: it is an everlasting statute, for their generations, on the part of the children of Israel.

W. Kelly Translation

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In the tent of meeting outside the veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall dress them from evening to morning before Jehovah: it is an everlasting statute, for their generations, on the part of the children of Israel.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)