Leviticus 24:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² “Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Command the Israelites that they bring to you pure oil from beaten olives for the light [of the golden lampstand] to cause a lamp to burn continually.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

Common English Bible

² Command the Israelites to bring pure, pressed olive oil to you for the lamp, to keep a light burning constantly.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Instruct the sons of Israel, so that they may bring to you clear oil from the purest olives, in order to supply the lamps continuously

Leviticus 24:2 Cross References

2 Corinthians 4:6

For it is the God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

John 8:12

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

John 5:35

He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

John 1:9

The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.

John 1:4

in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.

Luke 12:35

“Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit;

Luke 1:79

to shine upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

Matthew 5:16

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

Matthew 4:16

the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned.”

Isaiah 11:2

The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.

Isaiah 8:20

for teaching and for instruction?” surely those who speak like this will have no dawn!

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Psalm 119:130

The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

Psalm 119:105

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

2 Chronicles 13:11

They offer to the Lord every morning and every evening burnt offerings and fragrant incense, set out the rows of bread on the table of pure gold, and care for the golden lampstand so that its lamps may burn every evening, for we keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have abandoned him.

Exodus 40:24

He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle,

Exodus 39:37

the pure lampstand with its lamps set on it and all its utensils and the oil for the light;

Leviticus 24:1

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Leviticus 24:3

Aaron shall set it up in the tent of meeting, outside the curtain of the covenant, to burn from evening to morning before the Lord regularly; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.