Parallel Verses
Webster
Command the children of Israel, that they bring to thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
New American Standard Bible
“Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you
King James Version
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
Holman Bible
“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning continually.
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.
A Conservative Version
Command the sons of Israel, that they bring to thee pure beaten olive oil for the light, to cause a lamp to burn 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.
Amplified
“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.
Bible in Basic English
Give 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,
Darby Translation
Command the children of Israel that they bring unto thee pure beaten olive oil for the light, to light the lamp continually.
Julia Smith Translation
Command the sons of Israel, and they shall take to thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to ascend always.
King James 2000
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto you pure beaten olive oil for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Command the {Israelites} that they should bring pure olive oil [from] beaten [olives] for the light to {present} a lamp continually.
Modern King James verseion
Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you pure olive oil, beaten, for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Command the children of Israel that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for lights to pour into the lamps always,
NET Bible
"Command the Israelites to bring to you pure oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.
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.
The Emphasized Bible
Command the sons of Israel, That they bring unto thee - pure oil olive, beaten, for giving light, - to cause the lamp to burn up 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.
Youngs 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;
Themes
Candlestick » For the tabernacle » Lighted with olive oil
Lamp » Kept burning at night in the tabernacle and cared for by priest
Oil » Kinds of, mentioned » Olive
Oil » Illuminating, for tabernacle
Olive » Fruit of » Oil extracted from, used as illuminating oil in the tabernacle
Interlinear
Laqach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 24:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sanctuary's Lamp And Bread
1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring to thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. 3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening to the morning before the LORD continually: It shall be a statute for ever in your generations.
Cross References
Exodus 27:20-21
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring the pure olive-oil beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
Exodus 39:37
The pure candlestick, with its lamps, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all its vessels, 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.
Numbers 8:2-4
Speak to Aaron, and say to him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
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;
2 Chronicles 13:11
And they burn to the LORD every morning and every evening burnt-sacrifices and sweet incense: the show-bread also they set in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with its lamps to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
Psalm 119:105
NUN. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
Psalm 119:130
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding to the simple.
Proverbs 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Isaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Isaiah 11:2
And the spirit of the LORD will rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
Matthew 4:16
The people who sat in darkness, saw great light; and to them who sat in the region and shades of death, light hath arisen.
Matthew 5:16
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 25:1-8
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Luke 1:79
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shades of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Luke 12:35
Let your loins be girt, and your lights burning;
John 1:4
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
John 1:9
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
John 5:35
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
John 8:12
Then Jesus spoke again to 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.
Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined into our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 1:17-18
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
Ephesians 5:8-14
For ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light;
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;