SEV Biblia, Chapter 27:20
¶ Y tú mandarás a los hijos de Israel que te traigan aceite de olivas, claro, molido, para la luminaria, para hacer arder continuamente las lámparas.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:20
Verse 20. Pure oil olive beaten] That is, such oil as could easily be expressed from the olives after they had been bruised in a mortar; the mother drop, as it is called, which drops out of itself as soon as the olives are a little broken, and which is much purer than that which is obtained after the olives are put under the press. Columella, who is a legitimate evidence in all such matters, says that the oil which flowed out of the fruit either spontaneously, or with little application of the force of the press, was of a much finer flavour than that which was obtained otherwise. Quoniam longe melioris saporis est, quod minore vi preli, quasi luxurians, defluxerit. - COLUM., lib. xii., c. 50.
To cause the lamp to burn always] They were to be kept burning through the whole of the night, and some think all the day besides; but there is a difference of sentiment upon this subject. See the note on the following verse.
This oil and continual flame were not only emblematical of the unction and influences of the Holy Ghost, but also of that pure spirit of devotion which ever animates the hearts and minds of the genuine worshippers of the true God. The temple of VESTA, where a fire was kept perpetually burning, seems to have been formed on the model of the tabernacle; and from this the followers of Zeratusht, commonly called Zoroaster, appear to have derived their doctrine of the perpetual fire, which they still worship as an emblem of the Deity.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 20, 21 - The pure oil signified the gifts and graces of the Spirit, which all believers receive from Christ, the good Olive, and without which ou light cannot shine before men. The priests were to light the lamps, an tend them. It is the work of ministers, by preaching and expounding the Scriptures, which are as a lamp, to enlighten the church, God' tabernacle upon earth. Blessed be God, this light is not now confine to the Jewish tabernacle, but is a light to lighten the gentiles, and for salvation unto the ends of the earth __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ואתה 859 תצוה 6680 את 853 בני 1121 ישׂראל 3478 ויקחו 3947 אליך 413 שׁמן 8081 זית 2132 זך 2134 כתית 3795 למאור 3974 להעלת 5927 נר 5216 תמיד׃ 8548
