Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Leviticus 24:1 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 1. 1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Quick Meaning
This verse introduces the sanctuary-light instruction spoken through Moses.
Oil keeps the lamps in order
This verse is one part of that explanation in Leviticus 24:1-9. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Leviticus 24:1-9
Place Leviticus 24:1 inside 24:1-9. This verse introduces the sanctuary-light instruction spoken through Moses. Its surrounding procedure or case makes the larger point: Pure oil keeps lamps tended continually, and twelve loaves with frankincense are arranged weekly for the covenant and eaten by Aaron's sons in a holy place.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The unit needs this detail before it can reach its next action or distinction: this verse introduces the sanctuary-light instruction spoken through Moses.
What Remains True
Introduces the sanctuary-light instruction spoken through Moses. Within Leviticus 24:1-9, this contributes to the larger claim that pure oil keeps lamps tended continually, and twelve loaves with frankincense are arranged weekly for the covenant and eaten by Aaron's sons in a holy place.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Leviticus 24:1-9 — Lamps and bread maintain ordered sanctuary serviceSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 24:1-9, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 24:1-9
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Leviticus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, PDF generated 2025-12-31
Supports: Unit-bounded translator notes on Hebrew, syntax, ritual vocabulary, measures, textual questions, and older-English wording; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Leviticus PDF, complete PDF pp. 1-99, translation and translator notes for 24:1-9
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