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Exodus 27:20

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Offering the Oil

27:20“You are to command the Israelites that they bring38 to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, so that the lamps39 will burn40 regularly.41

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Footnotes

  1. 38 The form is the imperfect tense with the vav showing a sequence with the first verb: “you will command … that they take.” The verb “take, receive” is used here as before for receiving an offering and bringing it to the sanctuary.
  2. 39 Heb “lamp,” which must be a collective singular here.
  3. 40 The verb is unusual; it is the Hiphil infinitive construct of עָלָה (’alah), with the sense here of “to set up” to burn, or “to fix on” as in Exod 25:37, or “to kindle” (U. Cassuto, Exodus, ).
  4. 41 The word can mean “continually,” but in this context, as well as in the passages on the sacrifices, “regularly” is better, since each morning things were cleaned and restored.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“You are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning regularly.

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“And you will command the Israelites, and they will bring to you pure, beaten olive oil for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.