Leviticus 24:3
in Leviticus 24Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Without the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah continually: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations.
KJV
Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the Lord continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.
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This verse in Leviticus 24
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the LORD said to Moses
on Leviticus 24:1-4
The lamp and the loaves sit between the yearly feasts of chapter 23 and the Sabbath years of chapter 25, and both run continually. Exodus 27:20-21 gave this command first, and Leviticus repeats it as a standing charge on the whole nation. The people bring pure oil of pressed olives and Aaron tends the lamps from evening until morning, so the light burns on what the congregation supplies.
This site's exposition
Outside the veil of the Testimony
Aaron tends the lamps in the holy place, outside the veil, and the statute binds every generation after him. From evening until morning keeps the light burning through the night. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that the priests had to be present daily to clean and trim the lamps.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Without the vail of the testimony,....
Thus it is the work of the ministers of the gospel to hold forth that word of life, not to set up new lights, but, by expounding and preaching the word, to make the light of it more clear and extensive.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִחוּץ֩ | michutz | from [the] outside | H2351 → | 164 times |
| לְפָרֹ֨כֶת | lefarokhet | of [the] curtain of | H6532 → | 25 times |
| הָעֵדֻ֜ת | haeidut | the testimony | H5715 → | |
| בְּאֹ֣הֶל | beohel | in [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵ֗ד | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
| יַעֲרֹךְ֩ | yaarokh | he will arrange | H6186 → | 74 times |
| אֹת֨וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֜ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| מֵעֶ֧רֶב | meerev | from evening | H6153 → | 134 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| בֹּ֛קֶר | boker | morning | H1242 → | 214 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| תָּמִ֑יד | tamid | continually | H8548 → | 104 times |
| חֻקַּ֥ת | chukat | a statute of | H2708 → | 104 times |
| עוֹלָ֖ם | olam | perpetuity | H5769 → | 438 times |
| לְדֹרֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃ | ledoroteikhem | to generations your | H1755 → | 167 times |
מִחוּץ֩from [the] outside
michutzH2351 →164 times
לְפָרֹ֨כֶתof [the] curtain of
lefarokhetH6532 →25 times
הָעֵדֻ֜תthe testimony
haeidutH5715 →
בְּאֹ֣הֶלin [the] tent of
beohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵ֗דmeeting
moedH4150 →223 times
יַעֲרֹךְ֩he will arrange
yaarokhH6186 →74 times
אֹת֨וֹ<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
אַהֲרֹ֜ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
מֵעֶ֧רֶבfrom evening
meerevH6153 →134 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
בֹּ֛קֶרmorning
bokerH1242 →214 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
תָּמִ֑ידcontinually
tamidH8548 →104 times
חֻקַּ֥תa statute of
chukatH2708 →104 times
עוֹלָ֖םperpetuity
olamH5769 →438 times
לְדֹרֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃to generations your
ledoroteikhemH1755 →167 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.