Exodus 27:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

And you shall command the children of Israel to bring you pure, pressed olive oil for the light, to keep the lamp burning continually.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    You shall command the Israelites to bring you pure, pressed olive oil for the light, to keep the lamp burning continually.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And thou shalt command{H6680} the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} that they bring{H3947} unto thee pure{H2134} olive{H2132} oil{H8081} beaten{H3795} for the light,{H3974} to cause a lamp{H5216} to burn{H5927} continually.{H8548}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And thou shalt command{H6680}{(H8762)} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, that they bring{H3947}{(H8799)} thee pure{H2134} oil{H8081} olive{H2132} beaten{H3795} for the light{H3974}, to cause the lamp{H5216} to burn{H5927}{(H8687)} always{H8548}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And commaunde the childern of Israel that they geue the pure oyle olyue beaten for the lyghtes to poure all way in to the lampes.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Commaunde ye children of Israel, yt they bringe vnto ye the most cleare & pure oyle oliue beaten, to geue lighte, yt it maye all waye be put in the lapes

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And thou shalt commande the children of Israel, that they bring vnto thee pure oyle oliue beaten, for the light, that the lampes may alway burne.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And thou shalt commaunde the chyldren of Israel that they geue thee pure oyle oliue beaten for the light, that they may make the lampes to borne alwayes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    "You shall command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And thou -- thou dost command the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee pure beaten olive oil for the light, to cause the lamp to go up continually;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Give orders to the children of Israel to give you clear olive oil for the lights, so that a light may be burning there at all times.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "You shall command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Offering the Oil“You are to command the Israelites that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, so that the lamps will burn regularly.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 25:31-37 : 31 And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold: of hammered work shall the lampstand be made; its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of the same piece. 32 And six branches shall come out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side: 33 Three bowls shall be made like almond blossoms on one branch, with a knob and a flower, and three bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch, with a knob and a flower; so for the six branches that come out of the lampstand. 34 And on the lampstand itself shall be four bowls made like almond blossoms, with its knobs and its flowers. 35 And there shall be a knob under two branches of the same piece, and a knob under two branches of the same piece, and a knob under two branches of the same piece, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand. 36 Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece; all of it shall be one hammered work of pure gold. 37 And you shall make its seven lamps; and they shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it.
  • Exod 39:37 : 37 The pure gold lampstand, with its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, and all its utensils, and the oil for light,
  • Lev 24:1-4 : 1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel to bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, to make the lamps burn continually. 3 Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, Aaron shall arrange it from evening until morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute forever in your generations. 4 He shall arrange the lamps on the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.
  • Judg 9:9 : 9 But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my richness, by which they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
  • Ps 23:5 : 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
  • Zech 4:11-14 : 11 Then I answered and said to him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side of it? 12 And I answered again, and said to him, What are these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? 13 And he answered me and said, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord. 14 Then he said, These are the two anointed ones, who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
  • Rev 11:4 : 4 These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Lev 24:1-4
    4 verses
    95%

    1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    2 Command the children of Israel to bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, to make the lamps burn continually.

    3 Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, Aaron shall arrange it from evening until morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute forever in your generations.

    4 He shall arrange the lamps on the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.

  • Exod 39:37
    81%

    37 The pure gold lampstand, with its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, and all its utensils, and the oil for light,

  • Exod 25:37
    80%

    37 And you shall make its seven lamps; and they shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it.

  • Exod 27:21
    80%

    21 In the tabernacle of meeting outside the veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel.

  • Exod 40:4
    78%

    4 And you shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and you shall bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

  • Num 8:1-5
    5 verses
    78%

    1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    2 Speak to Aaron, and say to him, When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.

    3 And Aaron did so; he lit the lamps in front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses.

    4 And this work of the lampstand was of hammered gold, from its shaft to its flowers, it was hammered work: according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

    5 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 35:14
    78%

    14 The candlestick also for the light, and its furniture, and its lamps, with the oil for the light,

  • Exod 25:30-32
    3 verses
    78%

    30 And you shall set the showbread on the table before me always.

    31 And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold: of hammered work shall the lampstand be made; its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of the same piece.

    32 And six branches shall come out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side:

  • Exod 30:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7 And Aaron shall burn on it sweet incense every morning: when he prepares the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

    8 And when Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.

  • Exod 30:31
    77%

    31 And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.

  • 2 Chr 4:20
    76%

    20 The lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn according to the prescribed manner before the inner sanctuary;

  • Exod 40:24-25
    2 verses
    76%

    24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, opposite the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

    25 And he lit the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Exod 30:25-27
    3 verses
    75%

    25 And you shall make of it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

    26 And you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting with it, and the ark of the testimony,

    27 And the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,

  • Exod 31:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11 The anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded you shall they do.

    12 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 25:6
    73%

    6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,

  • Exod 37:17-19
    3 verses
    73%

    17 And he made the lampstand of pure gold: of hammered work made he the lampstand; its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers were of the same piece.

    18 And six branches going out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side.

    19 Three bowls made like almonds upon one branch, a knob and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds on another branch, a knob and a flower: thus throughout the six branches going out of the lampstand.

  • Lev 6:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, lay the burnt offering in order on it, and burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.

    13 The fire shall always be burning on the altar; it shall never go out.

  • Num 4:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16 And to the office of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, pertains the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and all that is in it, in the sanctuary, and in its vessels.

    17 And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

  • Exod 35:28
    73%

    28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.

  • Lev 24:8
    72%

    8 Every Sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.

  • Num 4:9
    72%

    9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the lampstand of the light, and its lamps, and its tongs, and its trays, and all the oil vessels thereof, with which they serve it:

  • Exod 31:8
    72%

    8 The table and its utensils, the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense,

  • Lev 7:36
    72%

    36 Which the LORD commanded to be given them from the children of Israel, on the day that he anointed them, by a statute forever throughout their generations.

  • 1 Chr 28:15
    71%

    15 Even the weight for the lampstands of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every lampstand, and for its lamps: and for the lampstands of silver by weight, both for the lampstand and also for its lamps, according to the use of every lampstand.

  • Exod 37:23
    71%

    23 And he made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and its trays of pure gold.

  • Ezek 46:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14 And you shall prepare a grain offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil, to mix with the fine flour; a grain offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the LORD.

    15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the grain offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering.

  • Exod 25:35
    71%

    35 And there shall be a knob under two branches of the same piece, and a knob under two branches of the same piece, and a knob under two branches of the same piece, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

  • Exod 35:8
    71%

    8 And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

  • Lev 6:22
    71%

    22 And the priest of his sons who is anointed in his place shall offer it: it is a statute forever to the LORD; it shall be wholly burned.

  • 1 Chr 16:40
    70%

    40 To offer burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;

  • 2 Chr 13:11
    70%

    11 And they burn to the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: they also set the showbread in order upon the pure table; and the gold lampstand with its lamps, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but you have forsaken him.