The
Lord spoke
to Moses, saying: “Command the people1
of Israel to bring you pure oil of beaten olives for the lamp, that a
light may be kept burning regularly.2
Aaron shall set it up in the tent of meeting, outside the curtain of
the covenant, to burn from evening to morning before the Lord
regularly; it shall be a
statute for ever3
throughout your generations. He shall set up the lamps on the
lampstand of pure gold before the Lord
regularly.
You shall take choice flour,4 and bake twelve loaves of it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf. You shall place them in two rows, six in a row, on the table of pure gold. You shall put pure frankincense with each row, to be a token offering for the bread, as an offering by fire to the Lord. Every sabbath day Aaron shall set them in order before the Lord regularly as a commitment of the people of Israel, as a covenant for ever.5 They shall be for Aaron and his descendants, who shall eat them in a holy place, for they are most holy portions for him from the offerings by fire to the Lord, a perpetual due.
1 “Command the people” is a phrase that hasn't been used, and seems odd in this context.
You shall take choice flour,4 and bake twelve loaves of it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf. You shall place them in two rows, six in a row, on the table of pure gold. You shall put pure frankincense with each row, to be a token offering for the bread, as an offering by fire to the Lord. Every sabbath day Aaron shall set them in order before the Lord regularly as a commitment of the people of Israel, as a covenant for ever.5 They shall be for Aaron and his descendants, who shall eat them in a holy place, for they are most holy portions for him from the offerings by fire to the Lord, a perpetual due.
1 “Command the people” is a phrase that hasn't been used, and seems odd in this context.
2
First mention I recall of keeping a light regularly before God.
3
Another statute to be kept forever.
4
Does not state where flour will come from.
5
Another covenant forever.
Take-home: Additional ordinances are given which insure that oil and bread are regularly provided as signs of Israel's commitment to the temple.
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