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Leviticus 24:4
He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.
from The Oil for the Lamps, Leviticus 24:1-4
What it says

He is to tend the lamps continually on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD.

What it is doing

This verse restates the priest's ongoing task in its holy setting.

In context

1Then the LORD said to Moses, 2“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually. 3Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come. 4He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.