‏ Exodus 27:20

pure oil olive beaten That is, such oil as could be easily expressed from the olives, after they had been bruised in a mortar; and which is much purer than that obtained after the olives are put under the press. Exod 39:37; Lev 24:2-4; Judg 9:9; Ps 23:5; Zech 4:11-14; Rev 11:4

for the light Exod 25:31-37

to cause the lamp Josephus says, that the whole of the seven lamps burned all night; and that in the morning four were extinguished, and three burned the whole of the day. Such might have been the practice in his time; but it appears sufficiently evident from Exod 30:8, and 1Sam 3:3, that they were anciently extinguished in the morning.

to burn Heb. to ascend up

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