Leviticus 24:4

4 The lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD must be tended continually.

Leviticus 24:4 in Other Translations

4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.

4 He shall arrange the lamps on the lampstand of pure gold before the LORD regularly.

4 Aaron and the priests must tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand continually in the LORD ’s presence.

4 Aaron is responsible for keeping the lamps burning continually on the Lampstand of pure gold before God.

4 He must regularly tend the lamps on the pure [gold] lampstand in the Lord's presence.

Leviticus 24:4 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 24:4

He shall order the lamps on the pure candlestick
So called, as Jarchi suggests, for these two reasons, partly because it was made of pure gold, and partly because it was to be kept pure and clean, and free from ashes, by the priest; see ( Exodus 25:31 ) ; before the Lord continually;
which both respects the situation of the candlestick, and the work about it, which Aaron was to do continually before and in the presence of the Lord. Jarchi thinks this ordering respects the measure of oil for every night, which he says, according to the wise men, was half a log for every lamp, which was about a quarter of a pint of oil.

Leviticus 24:4 In-Context

2 “Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning continually.

3 Outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law in the tent of meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening till morning, continually. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.

4 The lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD must be tended continually.

5 “Take the finest flour and bake twelve loaves of bread, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf.

6 Arrange them in two stacks, six in each stack, on the table of pure gold before the LORD.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 25:31; Exodus 31:8