Pure olive oil for the lampstand has to be maintained continually. 'A perpetual statute' calls for keeping a literal light burning nonstop in the sanctuary. Later in the same chapter, a blasphemy case gets brought to Moses for judgment, and the death...
Historical & Culturalצו את בני ישראל COMMAND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL [THAT THEY BRING UNTO THEE CLEAR OLIVE OIL, BEATEN, FOR THE LIGHT] — This is the section containing the commandment concerning the lamps, whilst the section beginning with ואתה תצוה (Exodus 27:20 ff.) wh...
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