Leviticus 24 · Verse 2

Leviticus 24:2

Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
Leviticus 24:2, King James Version

Leviticus 24:2 in other translations

BSB“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
WEB“Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
ASVCommand the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
YLT‘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;
DARBYCommand the children of Israel that they bring unto thee pure beaten olive oil for the light, to light the lamp continually.
BBEGive orders to the children of Israel to give you clean olive oil for the light, so that a light may be burning at all times,
WebsterCommand the children of Israel, that they bring to thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

What does Leviticus 24:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Le 24:1-23. Oil for the Lamps.

2. Command the children of Israel--This is the repetition of a law previously given (Ex 27:20, 21). pure oil olive beaten--or cold-drawn, which is always of great purity.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Pure oil olive - See every thing relative to this ordinance explained on Exo 27:20, Exo 27:21 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 24:1-9

Chapter Outline Oil for the lamps, The shew-bread. (1-9) The law of blasphemy, blasphemer is stoned. (10-23) Verses 1-9 The loaves of bread typify Christ as the Bread of life, and the food of the souls of his people. He is the Light of his church, the Light of the world; in and through his word this light shines. By this light we discern the food prepared for our souls; and we should daily, but especially from…

Read the full comment on Leviticus 24:1-9 →

Leviticus 24:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

צַ֞וtzavcommandH6680
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וְיִקְח֨וּve.yik.Chuso they may bringH3947
אֵלֶ֜יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413
שֶׁ֣מֶןShe.menoil ofH8081
זַ֥יִתZa.yitolive[s]H2132
זָ֛ךְzakhpureH2134
כָּתִ֖יתka.TitpressedH3795
לַמָּא֑וֹרla.ma.'orfor the lightH3974
לְהַעֲלֹ֥תle.ha.'a.Lotto lift upH5927
נֵ֖רnera lampH5216
תָּמִֽיד\׃ta.MidcontinuallyH8548

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 24:2

  • 2 Corinthians 4:6

    For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • Ephesians 5:8-14

    For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. …

  • 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. In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

  • John 8:12

    Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  • Ephesians 1:17-18

    That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

  • Acts 26:18

    To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

  • Philippians 2:15-16

    That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

  • Numbers 8:2-4

    Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the Lord commanded Moses. And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the Lord had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

  • John 1:4

    In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

  • 1 Samuel 3:3-4

    And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; That the Lord called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.

  • Proverbs 6:23

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

  • Matthew 4:16

    The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
that they.
Ex 27:20,21; 39:37; 40:24; Nu 8:2-4; 1Sa 3:3,4
the lamps.
2Ch 13:11; Ps 119:105,130; Pr 6:23; Isa 8:20; 11:2; Mt 4:16; 5:16
Mt 25:1-8; Lu 1:79; 12:35; Joh 1:4,9; 5:35; 8:12; Ac 26:18; 2Co 4:6
Eph 1:17,18; 5:8-14; Php 2:15,16
burn continually. Heb. ascend.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Leviticus 24:1

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Leviticus 24:2

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

  • Leviticus 24:3

    Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the Lord continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.

Read all of Leviticus 24

Leviticus 24:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Manda á los hijos de Israel que te traigan aceite de olivas claro, molido, para la luminaria, para hacer arder las lámparas de continuo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Commande aux fils d’Israël qu’ils t’apportent de l’huile d’olive pure, broyée, pour le luminaire, afin de faire brûler la lampe continuellement.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Gebiete den Kindern Israel, daß sie dir reines, zerstoßenes Olivenöl bringen zum Licht, um die Lampen anzuzünden beständig.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Præcipe filiis Israël, ut afferant tibi oleum de olivis purissimum, ac lucidum, ad concinnandas lucernas jugiter,