Charles Ellicott Commentary Leviticus 24:4

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Leviticus 24:4

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Leviticus 24:4

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"He shall keep in order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before Jehovah continually." — Leviticus 24:4 (ASV)

The lamps upon the pure candlestick. —Though it would appear from Exodus 25:31 that the candlestick was called pure because it was made entirely of pure gold, yet, according to the authorities during the second Temple, the order here is that “he shall arrange the lamps after having purified and made clean the candlestick, and removed all the cinders.”