Leviticus 24:2
New International Version
“Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning continually.

New Living Translation
“Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

English Standard Version
“Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly.

Berean Standard Bible
“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

King James Bible
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

New King James Version
“Command the children of Israel that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to make the lamps burn continually.

New American Standard Bible
“Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

NASB 1995
“Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

NASB 1977
“Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

Legacy Standard Bible
“Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

Amplified Bible
“Command the children of Israel to bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light [of the golden lampstand], to make a lamp burn continually.

Christian Standard Bible
“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning regularly.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning continually.

American Standard Version
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Command the children of Israel and they shall bring to you pure pressed oil of olives to light the lamps constantly.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Charge the children of Israel, and let them take for thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to burn a lamp continually,

Contemporary English Version
to say to the community of Israel: You must supply the purest olive oil for the lamps in the sacred tent, so they will keep burning.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee the finest and dearest oil of olives, to furnish the lamps continually,

English Revised Version
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Command the Israelites to bring you pure, virgin olive oil for the lamp stand so that the lamps won't go out.

Good News Translation
to give the following orders to the people of Israel: Bring pure olive oil of the finest quality for the lamps in the Tent, so that a light might be kept burning regularly.

International Standard Version
"Tell the Israelis that they are to bring to you pure oil made from beaten olives in order to keep the lamp burning continuously.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

Literal Standard Version
“Command the sons of Israel, and they bring pure oil of beaten olive to you for the lamp, to cause a light to go up continually;

Majority Standard Bible
“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

New American Bible
Order the Israelites to bring you clear oil of crushed olives for the light, so that you may keep the lamp burning regularly.

NET Bible
"Command the Israelites to bring to you pure oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

New Revised Standard Version
Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly.

New Heart English Bible
"Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

Webster's Bible Translation
Command the children of Israel, that they bring to thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

World English Bible
“Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

Young's Literal Translation
'Command the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee pure olive oil, beaten, for the lamp, to cause a light to go up continually;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Oil for the Lamps
1Then the LORD said to Moses, 2“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually. 3Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come.…

Cross References
Exodus 27:20
And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

Exodus 27:21
In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.

Leviticus 24:1
Then the LORD said to Moses,

Leviticus 24:3
Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come.

Numbers 8:2
"Speak to Aaron and tell him: 'When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.'"

1 Samuel 3:3
Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.


Treasury of Scripture

Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

that they

Exodus 27:20,21
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always…

Exodus 39:37
The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,

Exodus 40:24
And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

the lamps

2 Chronicles 13:11
And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.

Psalm 119:105,130
NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path…

Proverbs 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

burn continually [heb] ascend

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Leviticus 24
1. The oil for the lamps
5. The showbread
10. Shelomith's son blasphemes
13. The law of blasphemy
17. Of murder
18. Of damage
23. The blasphemer is stoned














(2) Command the children of Israel.--This is the only other occasion in Leviticus on which God orders Moses to "command," instead of imparting or communicating His will. (See Leviticus 6:1 in Hebrew, and 6:9 in English.) This command, however, occurs almost literally in Exodus 27:20-21.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“Command
צַ֞ו (ṣaw)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

the Israelites
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

to bring
וְיִקְח֨וּ (wə·yiq·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3947: To take

you
אֵלֶ֜יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

clear
זָ֛ךְ (zāḵ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2134: Pure, clean

oil
שֶׁ֣מֶן (še·men)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8081: Grease, liquid, richness

from pressed
כָּתִ֖ית (kā·ṯîṯ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 3795: Beaten, pure

olives
זַ֥יִת (za·yiṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2132: An olive, the tree, the branch, the berry

for the light,
לַמָּא֑וֹר (lam·mā·’ō·wr)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3974: A luminous body, luminary, light, brightness, cheerfulness, a chandelier

that the lamp
נֵ֖ר (nêr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5216: A lamp, light

may be kept burning
לְהַעֲלֹ֥ת (lə·ha·‘ă·lōṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

continually.
תָּמִֽיד׃ (tā·mîḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 8548: Continuance, constant, ellipt, the regular, sacrifice


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