Leviticus 24

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 24 of 27

1 ¶ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Command the sons of Israel, and they shall bring to you pure olive oil, beaten, for the light, to cause a light to burn continually.

3 Outside the veil of the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation Aaron shall arrange it from evening until morning before Jehovah continually, a never-ending statute for your generations.

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Chapter Summary

1 The oil for the lamps. 5 The Bread.of the Pres-ence. 13 The law of blasphemy. 17 Of murder. 18 Of damage. 23 The blasphemer is stoned.

Key Hebrew Words

יַעֲרֹךְ֩ value H6186 · TWOT 1694b
מַֽעֲרָכ֖וֹת row H4634 · TWOT 1694d
קֹדֶשׁ֩ apartness H6944 · TWOT 1990a
קָדֹ֑שׁ sacred H6918 · TWOT 1990b
נֶ֣פֶשׁ soul H5315 · TWOT 1395a

People & Context

Oil for the Lamp and Bread of the Presence

Pure olive oil for continual light. Twelve cakes of bread set before Jehovah continually, replaced every Sabbath, to be eaten by priests.

The Case of the Blasphemer

A man blasphemes the Name. Jehovah commands that he be taken outside the camp and stoned by all who heard him. Law established: blasphemer dies.

Law of Retaliation

Principle of 'life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, etc.' applied. One law for the native and the alien.

Timeline

Oil for the Lamp and Bread of the Presence

Pure olive oil for continual light. Twelve cakes of bread set before Jehovah continually, replaced every Sabbath, to be eaten by priests.

Leviticus 24:1-9
The Case of the Blasphemer

A man blasphemes the Name. Jehovah commands that he be taken outside the camp and stoned by all who heard him. Law established: blasphemer dies.

Leviticus 24:10-16, 23
Law of Retaliation

Principle of 'life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, etc.' applied. One law for the native and the alien.

Leviticus 24:17-22

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