Leviticus 24:2

Israel was to supply pure beaten olive oil so the tabernacle lamp could burn continually. God's house was to have constant light.

Cross-references · 25

• 2 Cor 4:6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• Eph 5:8–14For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
• Exod 27:20–21And 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.
• John 8:12Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• Eph 1:17–18That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
• Acts 26:18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
• Phil 2:15–16That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
• 1 Sam 3:3–4And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
• Matt 5:16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
• John 1:9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
• Matt 4:16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
• Luke 12:35Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
• Prov 6:23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
• Isa 11:2And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
• Ps 119:130The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
• 2 Chr 13:11And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
• Luke 1:79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
• Num 8:2–4Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
• John 1:4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
• John 5:35He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
• Isa 8:20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
• Ps 119:105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
• Matt 25:1–8Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
• Exod 40:24And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
• Exod 39:37The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,

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