Exodus 27:20-21·~1 min
The Oil for the Lamps
Israel is to bring pure pressed olive oil so the lamps may burn continually, and Aaron with his sons must tend them before the LORD from evening until morning as a lasting statute. The chapter ends with ordered light and priestly service.
A20nd you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually. 21In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.[’’]
Section summaryThe final instructions turn from structures to the steady light kept before the LORD. Israel must supply pure olive oil, and Aaron with his sons must tend the lamps each evening and night as a lasting charge.
Role in the chapterThis closing section shifts from the tabernacle’s outer arrangement to an ongoing act of care within it. It also leads naturally into the next chapter’s focus on Aaron and his sons.