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Leviticus 24:3
Leviticus 24:3
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Leviticus 24 — OverviewLeviticus 24 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have, I. A repetition of the laws concerning the
lamps and the show-bread, ver. 1-9. II. A violation of the law against
blasphemy, with the imprisonment, trial, condemnation, and execution,…Leviticus 24 — OverviewLeviticus 24 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeLeviticus 24:1, The oil for the lamps; Leviticus 24:5, The shew-bread; Leviticus 24:10, Shelomith’s son blasphemeth; Leviticus 24:13, The law of blasphemy; Leviticus 24:17, Of murder; Leviticus 24:18, Of damage;…Leviticus 24 — OverviewLeviticus 24 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter treats of the oil for the lamps, and the ordering of them, Le 24:1; of the making of the shewbread cakes, and the setting of them on the table, Le 24:5; and an Israelite having blasphemed the name of the…Leviticus 24:1-9Leviticus 24:1-9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleCare is here taken, and orders are given, for the decent furnishing of
the candlestick and table in God's house.
I. The lamps must always be kept burning. The law for this we had
before, Exod. xxvii. 20, 21. It…Leviticus 24:1-4Leviticus 24:1-4 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe ordinance on the lamps contained in the first three verses is repeated from Exodus 27:20. The oil to be used for the lamps was to be pure oil olive, that is, oil made of picked berries, without any intermixture of…Leviticus 24:1-4Leviticus 24:1-4 · The Pulpit CommentaryEverlasting light.
cf. Revelation 1:12-20; also Psalms 43:3. The holy place, like the most holy, had no windows, and consequently required illumination. This was secured by the golden candlestick, with its seven lamps.…