Exodus 27:20-28:43 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 27:20-21

The oil for the lamp. A special commandment was given that the oil should be pure and rich:— I. THAT THERE MIGHT BE A DUE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE LIGHT AND THE GLORY OF THE CANDLESTICK . The candlestick was composed of the most precious of all metals, and it had been fashioned by the hands of an artist Divinely chosen and inspired. Great, therefore, would have been the incongruity, if any but the steadiest and most brilliant light had shone forth... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 27:20

Pure oil olive beaten - The oil was to be of the best kind. It is called beaten, because it was obtained by merely bruising the olives in a mortar or mill, without the application of heat. The finest oil is now thus obtained from young fruit freshly gathered. The inferior kind is pressed from unselected fruit under stronger pressure, and with the application of heat.The lamp - i. e. the lamps of the golden candlestick. (See Exodus 25:37.)To burn - See the margin “to ascend up.” It should be... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 27:20

Exodus 27:20. Pure oil-olive beaten Not squeezed out by a press or mill, such being full of sediment; but which run freely from the olives when bruised or beaten with a pestle. To cause the lamp to burn always Josephus, who was himself a priest, says, they burned the lamps day and night, three of them being kept burning all day, and the rest being lighted in the evening. And indeed to keep them burning by day as well as night, was no more than what was necessary, for otherwise the priest... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:9-21

Tabernacle court; oil for the lamp (27:9-21)Around the perimeter of the tabernacle courtyard (GNB: enclosure) was a fence, which separated the tabernacle sufficiently from the camp to create a feeling of reverence towards the symbolic dwelling place of God. This fence gave protection against desert winds and was high enough to prevent people outside from watching the rituals out of idle curiosity.The fence was made of cloth attached to posts, which were fitted into metal bases in the ground and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 27:20

children = sons. pure oil . This is without measure. See on John 3:34 the light = the light-holder. Compare Genesis 1:14 . to burn always : i.e. a perpetual light. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 27:20-21

THE LIGHT FOR THE CANDLESTICK"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 in the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah: it shall be a statute forever throughout their generations on behalf of the children of Israel."That the light mentioned here is that to be provided by the golden... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 27:20-21

Exodus 27:20-21. Pure oil-olive beaten, for the light, &c.— Pure oil of olive beaten (i.e. obtained by pounding or expression,) is here commanded to be brought for the use of the golden candlestick, as being most excellent, and freest from sediment. We have before observed how necessary it was that there should be a continual light in the tabernacle; and Josephus (Antiq. b. 3: ch. 8.) informs us that this was the case; though it must be confessed, that Exo 27:21 and other passages of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 27:20

20, 21. pure oil olive beaten—that is, such as runs from the olives when bruised and without the application of fire. for the light . . . Aaron and his sons—were to take charge of lighting it in all time coming. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 27:20-21

The oil 27:20-21These instructions concern the clear olive oil that the priests were to prepare for and use in the tabernacle lamps. They form a transition from an emphasis on the tabernacle furnishings to the priests’ ministry that follows.The priests had to trim and refill the lamps on the lampstand in the holy place every evening. There was light in the holy place all night (cf. Leviticus 24:3; 1 Samuel 3:3)."Oil . . . is clearly a symbol of the Holy Spirit in Scripture." [Note: Davis, p.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 27:20-43

6. The investiture of the priests 27:20-28:43Here begins the revelation of those things that related to the Israelites’ relationship with God (Exodus 27:20 to Exodus 30:38). The preceding section (Exodus 25:10 to Exodus 27:19) emphasized the revelation of the things that revealed God’s character. The priesthood is the primary revelation in this new section."The approach to the Holy One, both within the biblical tradition and outside it, has always included some kind of mediatorial ministry, for... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 27:20-21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 27:20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 27:20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:9-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 27:20

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 27:20-21

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 27:20-21

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 27:20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 27:20-21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 27:20-43

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