The blueprint for this lampstand is given in Exodus 25:31-37. Aaron as high priest is to arrange oil lamps on the each of the six branches of the menorah and its central stem. Today such a candlestick is called a menorah. The stand, or candlestick, has six branches, three on each side, with a central stem. Perry Yoder: The luminary in the tabernacle is to provide a constant night light before the curtain that screens the ark from view. 4 He shall keep the lamps in order on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.” 3 Outside the veil of testimony in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD continually it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations. “Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually. MAINTAINGING OIL FOR THE LAMPS TO BURN CONTINUALLY The Israelites had to bring pure oil to keep the lampstand burning as a reminder of the LORD’S presence and their access to him and fresh loaves of bread made of fine flour to be set on the table every Sabbath as a reminder of the LORD’s provision and portion. As the people harvested olives and gathered summer crops they were reminded to set aside what they needed for oil and bread through the months to come. Making sure that the lamp was lit every day and that bread was brought every week stresses the day-in-day-out service of the holy place, for these activities might not have been so carefully attended during the year as they were during the great festivals. ![]() These two images, the light and the bread, tell us about the sanctity of God’s presence.Īllen Ross: The provision of oil for light and the presentation of bread for the table were part of the worshipers’ contribution to the sanctuary. The bread of the Presence consisted of baked loaves of grain that was derived from the wheat harvest and was remembered during the weeklong celebration of the Feast of Weeks. The olive oil derived from the autumn olive ingathering was necessary for the fueling of the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting and for the anointing oil for the priests and the holy sanctuary. Kenneth Mathews: The golden lampstand and gold table of the bread of the Presence were fixtures in God’s home. These were the priest’s “private official duties.” The daily refueling and burning of the lamps, and the uninterrupted presentation of the showbread to Yahweh, represented the daily sanctification of the people to their God (cf. According to Gispen the laws of 24:1–9 regarding the Holy Place come on the heels of the legislation regarding the festivals as a reminder of the fact that the worship of God through the regular sacrifices was to be carried out at all times, not just during the momentous occasions of the national festivals.Ĭonstable: The connection of these instructions with what precedes is this: The Israelites were not only to offer themselves to Yahweh on special days of the year, but they were to worship and serve Him every day of the year. ![]() Mark Rooker: The logical connection between Leviticus 23 and 24:1–9 has been advocated by Gispen. MAINTAINING THE OIL AND BREAD IN THE SANCTUARY SERVED AS ONGOING REMINDERS OF THE LORD’S PRESENCE AND PROVISION
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