Exodus 27:20 Cross References

Exodus 27:20

20: "Tell the people of Israel to bring you pure olive oil for the lampstand, so it can be kept burning continually.

You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You welcome me as a guest, anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings.

Then I asked the angel, "What are these two olive trees on each side of the lampstand,
and what are the two olive branches that pour out golden oil through two gold tubes?"
"Don't you know?" he asked. "No, my lord," I replied.
Then he said to me, "They represent the two anointed ones who assist the Lord of all the earth."

The LORD said to Moses,
"Command the people of Israel to provide you with pure olive oil for the lampstand, so it can be kept burning continually.
Aaron will set it up outside the inner curtain of the Most Holy Place in the Tabernacle and must arrange to have the lamps tended continually, from evening until morning, before the LORD. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be kept by all future generations.
The lamps on the pure gold lampstand must be tended continually in the LORD's presence.

"Make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. The entire lampstand and its decorations will be one piece--the base, center stem, lamp cups, buds, and blossoms.
It will have six branches, three branches going out from each side of the center stem.
Each of the six branches will hold a cup shaped like an almond blossom, complete with buds and petals.
The center stem of the lampstand will be decorated with four almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
One blossom will be set beneath each pair of branches where they extend from the center stem.

But it refused, saying, `Should I quit producing the olive oil that blesses both God and people, just to wave back and forth over the trees?'

These two prophets are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of all the earth.

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