20"Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning.


In Context

17 All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands and hooks, and bronze bases.

18 The courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely twisted linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.

19 All the other articles used in the service of the tabernacle, whatever their function, including all the tent pegs for it and those for the courtyard, are to be of bronze.

20 "Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning.

21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the curtain that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning before the Lord from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for the generations to come.

Exodus 27:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:20And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:20Command the children of Israel that they bring thee the purest oil of the olives, and beaten with a pestle: that a lamp may burn always,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:20And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:20And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee olive oil, pure, beaten, for the light, to light the lamp continually.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:20And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:20And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring the pure olive-oil beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:20|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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:20And 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:20And you shall command the children of Israel, that they bring you pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.