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Lev. 24:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Commandz the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, ηto cause the lamps to burn continuallya.

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Ex. 27:20‑21• ²⁰And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee olive oil, pure, beaten, for the light, to light the lamp continually.
²¹In 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. (Ex. 27:20‑21)

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to cause to ascend.

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Matt. 25:3‑8• ³They that were foolish took their torches and did not take oil with them;
⁴but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches.
⁵Now the bridegroom tarrying, they all grew heavy and slept.
⁶But in the middle of the night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him.
⁷Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their torches.
⁸And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our torches are going out. (Matt. 25:3‑8)

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Luke 12:35• ³⁵Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning; (Luke 12:35)

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Ex. 27:20‑21• ²⁰And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee olive oil, pure, beaten, for the light, to light the lamp continually.
²¹In 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. (Ex. 27:20‑21)

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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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Ex. 40:24• ²⁴And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, opposite to the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. (Ex. 40:24)

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Num. 8:2‑4• ²Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
³And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
⁴And this was the work of the candlestick: it was of beaten gold; from its base to its flowers was it beaten work; according to the form which Jehovah had shewn Moses, so had he made the candlestick. (Num. 8:2‑4)

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1 Sam. 3:3‑4• ³and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel lay in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God was,
⁴that Jehovah called to Samuel. And he said, Here am I. (1 Sam. 3:3‑4)

the lamps.

2 Chron. 13:11• ¹¹and 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. (2 Chron. 13:11)

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Psa. 119:105,130• ¹⁰⁵NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
¹³⁰The entrance of thy words giveth light, giving understanding unto the simple. (Psa. 119:105,130)

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Prov. 6:23• ²³For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: (Prov. 6:23)

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Isa. 8:20• ²⁰To the law and the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, for them there is no daybreak. (Isa. 8:20)

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Isa. 11:2• ²and the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah. (Isa. 11:2)

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Matt. 4:16• ¹⁶--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. (Matt. 4:16)

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Matt. 5:16• ¹⁶Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens. (Matt. 5:16)

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Matt. 25:1‑8• ¹Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be made like to ten virgins that having taken their torches, went forth to meet the bridegroom.
²And five of them were prudent and five foolish.
³They that were foolish took their torches and did not take oil with them;
⁴but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches.
⁵Now the bridegroom tarrying, they all grew heavy and slept.
⁶But in the middle of the night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him.
⁷Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their torches.
⁸And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our torches are going out. (Matt. 25:1‑8)

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Luke 1:79• ⁷⁹to shine upon them who were sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. (Luke 1:79)

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Luke 12:35• ³⁵Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning; (Luke 12:35)

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John 1:4,9• ⁴In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
⁹The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man. (John 1:4,9)

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John 5:35• ³⁵*He* was the burning and shining lamp, and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. (John 5:35)

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John 8:12• ¹²Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12)

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Acts 26:18• ¹⁸to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me. (Acts 26:18)

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2 Cor. 4:6• ⁶Because it is the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 4:6)

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Eph. 1:17‑18• ¹⁷that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of him,
¹⁸being enlightened in the eyes of your heart, so that ye should know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, (Eph. 1:17‑18)

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Eph. 5:8‑14• ⁸for ye were once darkness, but now light in the Lord; walk as children of light,
⁹(for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,)
¹⁰proving what is agreeable to the Lord;
¹¹and do not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather also reprove them,
¹²for the things that are done by them in secret it is shameful even to say.
¹³But all things having their true character exposed by the light are made manifest; for that which makes everything manifest is light.
¹⁴Wherefore he says, Wake up, thou that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee. (Eph. 5:8‑14)

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Phil. 2:15‑16• ¹⁵that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights in the world,
¹⁶holding forth the word of life, so as to be a boast for me in Christ's day, that I have not run in vain nor laboured in vain. (Phil. 2:15‑16)

burn continually.

Heb. ascend.

• Through the care of priesthood (whatever might be God’s public ways, and the state of Israel) the gracious light of the Spirit would be maintained, and that particularly from the evening until the morning-the time during which darkness brooded over Israel. (“Leviticus 24” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Command the children of Israel that they bringc unto thee pure beaten olive oil for the lightd, to lighte the lamp continually.

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Lit. "take."

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As Ex. 25.6.

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See Ex. 25.37.