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This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. <a href="/nlt/leviticus/24.htm">New Living Translation</a> This is the lampstand that stands in the Tabernacle, in front of the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant. Aaron must keep the lamps burning in the LORD’s presence all night. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation. <a href="/esv/leviticus/24.htm">English Standard Version</a> Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall arrange it from evening to morning before the LORD regularly. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. <a href="/bsb/leviticus/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Outside 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. <a href="/kjv/leviticus/24.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/leviticus/24.htm">New King James Version</a> Outside the veil of the Testimony, in the tabernacle of meeting, Aaron shall be in charge of it from evening until morning before the LORD continually; it shall be a statute forever in your generations. <a href="/nasb_/leviticus/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Outside the veil of the testimony in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD continually; it shall be a permanent statute throughout your generations. <a href="/nasb/leviticus/24.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Outside the veil of testimony in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD continually; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations. <a href="/nasb77/leviticus/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Outside the veil of testimony in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD continually; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations. <a href="/lsb/leviticus/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Outside the veil of testimony in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh continually; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations. <a href="/amp/leviticus/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Outside the veil of the Testimony [between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place] in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron shall always keep the lamps burning before the LORD from evening until morning; it shall be a permanent statute throughout your generations. <a href="/csb/leviticus/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Aaron is to tend it continually from evening until morning before the LORD outside the curtain of the testimony in the tent of meeting. This is a permanent statute throughout your generations. <a href="/hcsb/leviticus/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Aaron is to tend it continually from evening until morning before the LORD outside the veil of the testimony in the tent of meeting. This is a permanent statute throughout your generations. <a href="/asv/leviticus/24.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/erv/leviticus/24.htm">English Revised Version</a> Without the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron order it from evening to morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations. <a href="/gwt/leviticus/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> In the tent of meeting, outside the canopy where the words of my promise are, Aaron must keep the lamps lit in the LORD's presence from evening until morning. It is a permanent law for generations to come. <a href="/gnt/leviticus/24.htm">Good News Translation</a> Each evening Aaron shall light them and keep them burning until morning, there in the LORD's presence outside the curtain in front of the Covenant Box, which is in the Most Holy Place. This regulation is to be observed for all time to come. <a href="/isv/leviticus/24.htm">International Standard Version</a> Outside the Canopy of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to arrange it continually in the LORD's presence from evening until morning as an eternal ordinance throughout your generations. <a href="/msb/leviticus/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Outside 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. <a href="/net/leviticus/24.htm">NET Bible</a> Outside the veil-canopy of the congregation in the Meeting Tent Aaron must arrange it from evening until morning before the LORD continually. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations. <a href="/nheb/leviticus/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Outside of the veil of the Testimony, in the Tent of Meeting, shall Aaron keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. <a href="/wbt/leviticus/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/leviticus/24.htm">World English Bible</a> Outside of the veil of the Testimony, in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh continually. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/leviticus/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Aaron arranges it at the outside of the veil of the Testimony, in the Tent of Meeting, from evening until morning before YHWH continually—a continuous statute throughout your generations; <a href="/ylt/leviticus/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> at the outside of the vail of the testimony in the tent of meeting doth Aaron arrange it from evening till morning before Jehovah continually -- a statute age-during to your generations; <a href="/slt/leviticus/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> From without the vail of the testimony, in the tent of appointment, shall Aaron arrange it from evening to morning, before Jehovah always: a law forever to your generations.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/leviticus/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Without the veil of the testimony in the tabernacle of the covenant. And Aaron shall set them from evening until morning before the Lord, by a perpetual service and rite in your generations. <a href="/cpdv/leviticus/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> outside the veil of the testimony in the tabernacle of the covenant. And Aaron shall place these, from evening until morning, before the Lord, as a perpetual worship and ritual in your generations. <a href="/nabre/leviticus/24.htm">New American Bible</a> In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that hangs in front of the covenant, Aaron shall set up the lamp to burn before the LORD regularly, from evening till morning, by a perpetual statute throughout your generations. <a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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 forever throughout your generations.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron set them in order from the evening to the morning before the LORD continually; it is a statute for ever throughout your generations. <a href="/hpbt/leviticus/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Outside of the face of the door of the Testimony in the Time Tabernacle, and Ahron shall be arranging them from evening and until morning before LORD JEHOVAH continually, the Law to eternity for your generations.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/leviticus/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Without the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron order it from evening to morning before the LORD continually; it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations. <a href="/sep/leviticus/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> outside the veil in the tabernacle of witness; and Aaron and his sons shall burn it from evening until morning before the Lord continually, a perpetual statute throughout your generations. <a href="/parallel/leviticus/24-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=6443" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/leviticus/24.htm">The Oil for the Lamps</a> …2“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually. 3<a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: mi·ḥūṣ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">Outside</a> <a href="/hebrew/6532.htm" title="6532: lə·p̄ā·rō·ḵeṯ (Prep-l:: N-fsc) -- A curtain. Feminine active participle of the same as perek; a separatrix, i.e. screen.">the veil</a> <a href="/hebrew/5715.htm" title="5715: hā·‘ê·ḏuṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- Testimony. Feminine of ed; testimony.">of the Testimony</a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: bə·’ō·hel (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">in the Tent</a> <a href="/hebrew/4150.htm" title="4150: mō·w·‘êḏ (N-ms) -- Appointed time, place, or meeting. ">of Meeting,</a> <a href="/hebrew/175.htm" title="175: ’a·hă·rōn (N-proper-ms) -- An elder brother of Moses. Of uncertain derivation; Aharon, the brother of Moses.">Aaron</a> <a href="/hebrew/6186.htm" title="6186: ya·‘ă·rōḵ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To set in a, row, arrange, put in order. A primitive root; to set in a row, i.e. Arrange, put in order.">is to tend</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">the lamps</a> <a href="/hebrew/8548.htm" title="8548: tā·mîḏ (Adv) -- From an unused root meaning to stretch; properly, continuance; but used only constant; ellipt. The regular sacrifice.">continually</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6153.htm" title="6153: mê·‘e·reḇ (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Evening. From arab; dusk.">from evening</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">until</a> <a href="/hebrew/1242.htm" title="1242: bō·qer (N-ms) -- Morn- ing. From baqar; properly, dawn; generally, morning.">morning.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">This is to be a permanent</a> <a href="/hebrew/2708.htm" title="2708: ḥuq·qaṯ (N-fsc) -- Something prescribed, an enactment, statute. Feminine of choq, and meaning substantially the same.">statute</a> <a href="/hebrew/1755.htm" title="1755: lə·ḏō·rō·ṯê·ḵem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Period, generation, dwelling. Or dor; from duwr; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. An age or generation; also a dwelling.">for the generations to come.</a> 4He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/27-20.htm">Exodus 27:20-21</a> And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually. / 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. <a href="/exodus/25-31.htm">Exodus 25:31-40</a> Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals. / Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other. / There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand. ... <a href="/numbers/8-1.htm">Numbers 8:1-4</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, / “Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’” / And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. ... <a href="/1_samuel/3-3.htm">1 Samuel 3:3</a> Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located. <a href="/2_chronicles/13-11.htm">2 Chronicles 13:11</a> Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-7.htm">2 Chronicles 29:7</a> They also shut the doors of the portico and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel. <a href="/1_kings/7-49.htm">1 Kings 7:49</a> the lampstands of pure gold in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right side and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs; <a href="/1_chronicles/28-15.htm">1 Chronicles 28:15</a> the weight of the gold lampstands and their lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; the weight of each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand; <a href="/2_chronicles/4-20.htm">2 Chronicles 4:20</a> the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed; <a href="/2_chronicles/13-10.htm">2 Chronicles 13:10-11</a> But as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties. / Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him. <a href="/matthew/5-14.htm">Matthew 5:14-16</a> You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. / Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. / In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. <a href="/john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a> Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.” <a href="/revelation/1-12.htm">Revelation 1:12-13</a> Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, / and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest. <a href="/revelation/1-20.htm">Revelation 1:20</a> This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. <a href="/revelation/2-5.htm">Revelation 2:5</a> Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Without the veil 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.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/22-18.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-41.htm">Age-During</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-13.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-12.htm">Arrange</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-2.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-21.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-2.htm">Continually</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-23.htm">Curtain</a> <a href="/exodus/40-14.htm">Dress</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-32.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-41.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-43.htm">Generations</a> <a href="/exodus/37-23.htm">Lamps</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-35.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-15.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-31.htm">Order</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-41.htm">Ordinance</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-41.htm">Perpetual</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-41.htm">Statute</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-21.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/genesis/46-32.htm">Tend</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-21.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-13.htm">Testimony</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-41.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-2.htm">Times</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-23.htm">Vail</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-23.htm">Veil</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/24-4.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-8.htm">Age-During</a> <a href="/numbers/3-31.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-4.htm">Arrange</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-14.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-4.htm">Continually</a> <a href="/numbers/3-25.htm">Curtain</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-13.htm">Dress</a> <a href="/numbers/9-3.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-9.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-30.htm">Generations</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-4.htm">Lamps</a> <a href="/numbers/1-1.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/numbers/9-12.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-4.htm">Order</a> <a href="/numbers/9-12.htm">Ordinance</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-14.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-9.htm">Perpetual</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-9.htm">Statute</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-11.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-13.htm">Tend</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-11.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/numbers/1-50.htm">Testimony</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-9.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-4.htm">Times</a> <a href="/numbers/3-25.htm">Vail</a> <a href="/numbers/3-31.htm">Veil</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 24</div>1. <a href="/leviticus/24-1.htm">The oil for the lamps</a> 5. <a href="/leviticus/24-5.htm">The showbread</a> 10. <a href="/leviticus/24-10.htm">Shelomith's son blasphemes</a> 13. <a href="/leviticus/24-13.htm">The law of blasphemy</a> 17. <a href="/leviticus/24-17.htm">Of murder</a> 18. <a href="/leviticus/24-18.htm">Of damage</a> 23. <a href="/leviticus/24-23.htm">The blasphemer is stoned</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/24.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/24.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting This phrase refers to the specific location within the Tabernacle, the sacred space where God met with His people. The "veil of the Testimony" separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place, where the Ark of the Covenant was kept. The veil symbolized the separation between God and humanity due to sin, a barrier that was later torn at Christ's crucifixion (<a href="/matthew/27-51.htm">Matthew 27:51</a>), signifying direct access to God through Jesus. The "Tent of Meeting" was the central place of worship and sacrifice for the Israelites during their wilderness journey, emphasizing God's desire to dwell among His people.Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD Aaron, as the high priest, had the responsibility to maintain the lamps on the golden lampstand, or menorah, ensuring they burned continually. This symbolizes the perpetual presence and guidance of God among His people, as light often represents God's truth and revelation (<a href="/psalms/119-105.htm">Psalm 119:105</a>). The menorah itself is a type of Christ, who declared Himself the "light of the world" (<a href="/john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a>), illuminating the path to God.From evening until morning The lamps were to be lit from evening until morning, signifying the need for God's presence and guidance during the darkest times. This practice highlights the importance of vigilance and readiness, themes echoed in the New Testament parables about being prepared for the Lord's return (<a href="/matthew/25.htm">Matthew 25:1-13</a>). It also reflects the rhythm of daily life and worship, with the evening and morning sacrifices marking the beginning and end of the day.This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come The command for the lamps to be tended continually was not temporary but intended as a lasting ordinance for Israel. This underscores the enduring nature of God's covenant with His people and the perpetual need for His presence. The phrase "for the generations to come" indicates the timeless relevance of God's instructions, pointing to the eternal nature of His Word and promises. This continuity is fulfilled in Christ, who established a new and everlasting covenant through His sacrifice (<a href="/hebrews/9-15.htm">Hebrews 9:15</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites who received the laws from God on Mount Sinai. He is the one through whom God communicates His commandments to the people. 2. <a href="/topical/a/aaron.htm">Aaron</a> The brother of Moses and the first high priest of Israel. He and his descendants are responsible for maintaining the lampstand in the Tabernacle. 3. <a href="/topical/t/tabernacle_of_the_testimony.htm">Tabernacle of the Testimony</a> The portable earthly dwelling place of God among the Israelites, where the lampstand is to be kept burning continually. 4. <a href="/topical/l/lampstand.htm">Lampstand</a> A seven-branched candelabrum made of pure gold, which is to be kept burning continually as a symbol of God's eternal presence and guidance. 5. <a href="/topical/s/sabbath.htm">Sabbath</a> The day of rest on the seventh day of the week, which is a sign of the covenant between God and Israel, and a time for worship and reflection.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_continual_worship.htm">The Importance of Continual Worship</a> Just as the lampstand was to be kept burning continually, our worship and devotion to God should be constant and unwavering. <a href="/topical/s/symbol_of_god's_presence.htm">Symbol of God's Presence</a> The lampstand serves as a reminder of God's eternal presence with His people. We are called to be aware of His presence in our daily lives. <a href="/topical/r/role_of_the_priesthood.htm">Role of the Priesthood</a> Aaron and his descendants were tasked with maintaining the lampstand, highlighting the responsibility of spiritual leaders to guide and nurture the faith of their communities. <a href="/topical/l/light_as_a_witness.htm">Light as a Witness</a> The continual light of the lampstand symbolizes the witness of God's people to the world. We are called to let our light shine before others, reflecting God's love and truth. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a> The detailed instructions for the lampstand remind us of the importance of obedience to God's commands in every aspect of our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 24</a> <a href="/q/could_israelites_keep_lamps_burning_always.htm">How historically feasible was it for the Israelites to keep the lamps burning continually (Leviticus 24:2) given their technological limitations? </a> <a href="/q/how_to_confirm_moses_and_aaron's_roles.htm">Psalm 99:6 mentions Moses, Aaron, and Samuel; how can we confirm the historical existence and roles of Moses and Aaron, given limited archaeological evidence?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_evidence_for_lev._9_22-23_events.htm">In Leviticus 9:22-23, is there any historical or archaeological evidence outside the Bible to support the account of Moses and Aaron's miraculous blessing and the visible glory of God?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_evidence_of_showbread_practices.htm">Is there any archaeological evidence that showbread was baked and replaced exactly as commanded (Leviticus 24:5-9)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) Without the vail of the testimony.--That is, the second vail, which divided the holy from the most holy. (See <a href="/exodus/27-21.htm" title="In the tabernacle of the congregation without the veil, 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 to their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.">Exodus 27:21</a>.)In the tabernacle of the congregation.--Better, in the tent of meeting.A statute for ever in your generations.--Better, a statute for ever throughout your generations, as this phrase is rendered in the Authorised Version in <a href="/leviticus/23-14.htm" title="And you shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that you have brought an offering to your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.">Leviticus 23:14</a>; <a href="/leviticus/23-31.htm" title="You shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.">Leviticus 23:31</a>, &c. (See <a href="/leviticus/3-17.htm" title="It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that you eat neither fat nor blood.">Leviticus 3:17</a>.) <a href="/commentaries/leviticus/24-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Outside מִחוּץ֩ (mi·ḥūṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors the veil לְפָרֹ֨כֶת (lə·p̄ā·rō·ḵeṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6532.htm">Strong's 6532: </a> A separatrix, screen of the testimony הָעֵדֻ֜ת (hā·‘ê·ḏuṯ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5715.htm">Strong's 5715: </a> Testimony in the Tent בְּאֹ֣הֶל (bə·’ō·hel) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> A tent of Meeting, מוֹעֵ֗ד (mō·w·‘êḏ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4150.htm">Strong's 4150: </a> Appointed time, place, or meeting Aaron אַהֲרֹ֜ן (’a·hă·rōn) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_175.htm">Strong's 175: </a> Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses is to tend יַעֲרֹךְ֩ (ya·‘ă·rōḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6186.htm">Strong's 6186: </a> To set in a, row, arrange, put in order it אֹת֨וֹ (’ō·ṯōw) Direct object marker | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case continually תָּמִ֑יד (tā·mîḏ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8548.htm">Strong's 8548: </a> Continuance, constant, ellipt, the regular, sacrifice before לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face the LORD יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel from evening מֵעֶ֧רֶב (mê·‘e·reḇ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6153.htm">Strong's 6153: </a> Evening until עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while morning. בֹּ֛קֶר (bō·qer) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1242.htm">Strong's 1242: </a> Dawn, morning This is a permanent עוֹלָ֖ם (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always statute חֻקַּ֥ת (ḥuq·qaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2708.htm">Strong's 2708: </a> Something prescribed, an enactment, statute for the generations to come. לְדֹרֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃ (lə·ḏō·rō·ṯê·ḵem) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1755.htm">Strong's 1755: </a> A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/24-3.htm">Leviticus 24:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/leviticus/24-3.htm">Leviticus 24:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/leviticus/24-3.htm">Leviticus 24:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/leviticus/24-3.htm">Leviticus 24:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/leviticus/24-3.htm">Leviticus 24:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/24-3.htm">Leviticus 24:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/24-3.htm">Leviticus 24:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/24-3.htm">Leviticus 24:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/24-3.htm">Leviticus 24:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/leviticus/24-3.htm">Leviticus 24:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-3.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 24:3 Outside of the veil of the Testimony (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/24-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 24:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 24:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/24-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 24:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 24:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>