What does Exodus 27:20 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burnb always."
Verse Exodus 27:20. _PURE OIL OLIVE BEATEN_] That is, such oil as could easily be expressed from the olives after they had been bruised in a mortar; the _mother drop_, as it is called, which drops out...
PURE OIL OLIVE BEATEN - The oil was to be of the best kind. It is called beaten, because it was obtained by merely bruising the olives in a mortar or mill, without the application of heat. The finest...
CHAPTER 27 THE TABERNACLE CONCLUDED _ 1. The altar of brass (Exodus 27:1)_ 2. The court of the tabernacle (Exodus 27:9) 3. The oil for the lamp (Exodus 27:20) The brazen altar stood at the door of...
EXODUS 27. P. ALTAR AND OUTER COURT (_cf. Exodus 38:1_, Exodus 38:9). In strongest contrast to Exodus 20:24, with its sanction of many altars, rudely made of earth or rough stone blocks, we find instr...
CHILDREN. sons. PURE OIL. This is without measure. See on John 3:34 THE LIGHT. the light-holder. Compare Genesis 1:14. TO BURN ALWAYS: i.e.. perpetual light....
_And_ THOU, _thou shalt_, &c. the emph. pron. marks the beginning of a new section (Exodus 28:1; Exodus 30:23; Exodus 31:13; Numbers 1:50). _pure_ CLEAR: LXX. ἄτρυγον (-without lees, clarified") καθα...
PURE OIL-OLIVE BEATEN, FOR THE LIGHT, &C.— _Pure oil of olive beaten_ (i.e. obtained by _pounding_ or _expression,_) is here commanded to be brought for the use of the golden candlestick, as being mos...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 27 And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. (2...
_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._ Oil olive beaten - i:e., such as runs from the olives when...
27:20 beaten, (e-16) i.e. beaten in a mortar, not pressed. light (f-21) See ch. 25.37....
THE ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING. THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE. THE OIL FOR THE LAMPS 1-8. Altar of Burnt Offering. This is a hollow chest of acacia wood overlaid with bronze, and stands within the court,...
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 27 THE *ALTAR WHERE THE PRIESTS BURNT THE ANIMALS THAT THE *ISRAELIT...
THE OIL FOR THE LAMP. (20) THOU SHALT COMMAND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL that THEY BRING thee PURE OLIVE OIL. — This instruction had been already given (Exodus 25:2; Exodus 25:6), only not with such part...
וְ אַתָּ֞ה תְּצַוֶּ֣ה ׀ אֶת ־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְ יִקְח֨וּ אֵלֶ֜יךָ שֶׁ֣מֶן זַ֥יִת זָ֛ךְ כָּתִ֖ית לַ...
CHAPTER XXVII. _ THE OUTER COURT._ Exodus 27:1 Before describing the tabernacle, its furniture was specified. And so, when giving instructions for the court of the tabernacle, the altar has to be de...
THE BEATEN OIL; THE EPHOD Exodus 27:20; Exodus 28:1 Always in Scripture oil is an emblem of the Holy Spirit. It is His grace communicated to the wick of our character and life, which makes them capa...
Here we have the account of the court surrounding the Tabernacle and the Tent and here again the description begins from the inside. First, the brazen altar is described. It symbolized devotion on the...
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive (h) beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. (h) Such as comes from the olive, when it is first press...
Pestle. That it may be as free from dregs as possible; quasi luxurians defluxerit. (Columella xii. 20.) The Hebrew and Septuagint are silent about the pestle. The olives must, however, be a little bru...
Is not this a lively a type of the Holy Ghost in his gifts and graces bestowed upon the church? Who but the Spirit can enlighten the mind of a poor darkened sinner, to give him the light of the knowle...
"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
Exodus 27:20_And thou shalt command the children of Israel. _I have transferred these two passages from elsewhere, since they relate to the service of the tabernacle; for the children of Israel are co...
In the court God meets the world (I do not speak of the world itself through which we walk: [1] this was the desert); but it is where those coming up out of the world draw near to God, where His peopl...
AND THOU SHALL COMMAND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... Here begins a new section of the law; an account being given of the tabernacle, and its parts, and the furniture thereof, next the several parts of s...
_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._ Ver. 20. _Pure oil olive._] Signifying the precious gifts...
_Pure oil-olive beaten_ Not squeezed out by a press or mill, such being full of sediment; but which run freely from the olives when bruised or beaten with a pestle. _To cause the lamp to burn always_...
1 The Altar of burnt offering, with the vessels thereof. 9 The Court of the Tabernacle inclosed with hangings and pillars. 18 The measure of the Court. 20 The oile for the lampe. 1 AND thou shalt...
THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE...
4. _The Tent, or the Dwelling itself_. Exodus 26:1-30 I. The Component Parts of the Tent as to Form. _a_. The tent itself. (1) Ten curtains of byssus each 28 cubits long, and 4 cubits wide. (2) Fift...
THE BRAZEN (OR COPPER) ALTAR (vs.1-8) On entering the courtyard, one would stand immediately before the brazen altar. Then the laver stood between the altar and the tabernacle entrance. This altar ...
TO BURN: _ Heb._ to ascend up...
20,21 The pure oil signified the gifts and graces of the Spirit, which all believers receive from Christ, the good Olive, and without which our light cannot shine before men. The priests were to light...
Beaten out of the olives with a pestle, which is freer from dregs than that which is squeezed out with a press. TO BURN ALWAYS, i.e. at all the times. appointed; daily, though not continually; as the...
We have now arrived at the brazen altar which stood at the door of the tabernacle; and I would call my reader's most particular attention to the order of the Holy Ghost in this portion of our book. We...
Exodus 27:20 command H6680 (H8762) children H1121 Israel H3478 bring H3947 (H8799) pure H2134 oil H8081 pressed H3795 olives H2132 light H3974 lamp H5216 burn H5927 (H8687) continually H8548 pure oil...
THE BURNING OF THE LIGHT OF ISRAEL BEFORE YAHWEH (EXODUS 27:20). The account of the making of the Dwellingplace finishes with a description of how the common people can have their part in the worship...
OIL Oil is a symbol of the Holy Spirit (Cf) (John 3:34); (Hebrews 1:9). In Christ the oil-fed Light ever burns, the Light of the world (John 8:12). But here we have not the world, but the sanctuary....
CONTENTS: Directions about the brazen altar and the court. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: Sinful man dare not approach God (at the ark) Hebrews 9:8; but God approaches man as a sinner th...
Exodus 27:1. _Make an altar._ The altar, says a living author before mentioned, seems to have been intended only for the present purpose, until further orders were given; and especially for those sacr...
_Pure oil olive beaten for the light._ SYMBOLIC REFERENCES I. The purity of the light (Psalms 26:9). II. The perfection of the light. III. The perpetuity of the light. Christ can never be supersed...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 27:9_ THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE This scene, into which all the members of the house of Israel might enter, reminds us— I. OF THE COMMON NEED. It was the...
EXPOSITION THE OIL FOR THE LAMP. It has been observed that this paragraph is somewhat out of place. It would more appro priately, according to human ideas, have terminated Exodus 25:1. But "God's way...
Now on the outside they were to make a court, which would be seventy-five feet wide, and a hundred and fifty feet long, with curtains around it seven and a half feet high. So that you have this outer...
pure oil olive beaten. That is, such oil as could be easily Exodus 39:37 Leviticus 24:2 Judges 9:9 Psalms 23:5 Zechariah 4:11 Revelation 11:4 for the light Exodus 25:31 to cause the lamp. Josephus say...
We read of the candlestick in the 25th chapter; here is order given for the keeping of the lamps constantly burning in it. The pure oil signified the gifts and graces of the Spirit, which are communic...