Exodus 27:21 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 27:21

In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.

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ASV

In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah: it shall be a statute for ever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The tabernacle of the congregation - More literally, the tent of meeting. This is the first occurrence of this designation of the tabernacle, and the idea connected with it is that of Yahweh meeting with either Moses, or the priests, or (in a few cases) with the people gathered into a congregation at the entrance of the tent. Without the rail, which is before the testimony - i. e. the holy place (see Exo 25:16).

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בְּאֹ֣הֶל	be.'O.hel	in [the] tent of	H168 →
מוֹעֵד֩	mo.'Ed	meeting	H4150 →
מִח֨וּץ	mi.Chutz	from [the] outside	H2351 →
לַפָּרֹ֜כֶת	la.pa.Ro.khet	of the curtain	H6532 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
עַל־	'al-	[is] on	H5921 →
הָעֵדֻ֗ת	ha.'e.Dut	the testimony	H5715 →
יַעֲרֹךְ֩	ya.'a.roKh	he will arrange	H6186 →
אֹת֨וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> it	H853 →
אַהֲרֹ֧ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
וּבָנָ֛יו	u.va.Nav	and sons his	H1121 →
מֵעֶ֥רֶב	me.'E.rev	from evening	H6153 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
בֹּ֖קֶר	Bo.ker	morning	H1242 →
לִפְנֵ֣י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
חֻקַּ֤ת	chu.Kat	a statute of	H2708 →
עוֹלָם֙	o.Lam	perpetuity	H5769 →
לְדֹ֣רֹתָ֔ם	le.Do.ro.Tam	to generations their	H1755 →
מֵאֵ֖ת	me.'Et	from with	H854 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ס	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 19:21
This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.
leads to
- Hebrews 9:13–14
  For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,
- Hebrews 10:4
  because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Through
Leviticus 3:17
This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”
leads to
- Genesis 9:4
  But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
- Matthew 26:28
  This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
- Deuteronomy 15:23
  But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
- Deuteronomy 12:23
  Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
Through
Leviticus 16:34
This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.
leads to
- Hebrews 9:7
  But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
- Hebrews 9:25
  Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.

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