Leviticus 24:4
What does Leviticus 24:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 24:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He shall keep in order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before Jehovah continually.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the Lord continually.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He shall keep in order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before Jehovah continually.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Let Aaron put the lights in order on the support before the Lord at all times.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862by the pure candlestick he doth arrange the lights before Jehovah continually.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They shall be set upon the most pure candlestick before the Lord continually.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Upon the pure candlestick shall he arrange the lamps before Jehovah continually.
Context
v.3Without the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah continually: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations.
v.4This passage
v.5And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 25:31
And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it:
- Revelation 2:5
Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I come to thee, and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent.
- Numbers 3:31
And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the screen, and all the service thereof.
- 1 Kings 7:49
and the candlesticks, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;
- Jeremiah 52:19
And the cups, and the firepans, and the basins, and the pots, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the bowls—that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver,—the captain of the guard took away.
- Revelation 1:20
the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks are seven churches.
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