Exodus 30:24

30:24 and twelve and a half pounds of cassia, all weighed ¹  according to the sanctuary shekel, and four quarts ²  of olive oil.

Exodus 27:20

Offering the Oil

27:20 “You are to command the Israelites that they bring ³  to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, so that the lamps ⁴  will burn ⁵  regularly. ⁶ 

[30:24]  ¹ tn The words “all weighed” are added for clarity in English.

[30:24]  ² tn Or “a hin.” A hin of oil is estimated at around one gallon (J. Durham, Exodus [WBC], 3:406).

[27:20]  ³ tn The form is the imperfect tense with the vav showing a sequence with the first verb: “you will command…that they take.” The verb “take, receive” is used here as before for receiving an offering and bringing it to the sanctuary.

[27:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “lamp,” which must be a collective singular here.

[27:20]  ⁵ tn The verb is unusual; it is the Hiphil infinitive construct of עָלָה (’alah), with the sense here of “to set up” to burn, or “to fix on” as in Exod 25:37, or “to kindle” (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 370).

[27:20]  ⁶ sn The word can mean “continually,” but in this context, as well as in the passages on the sacrifices, “regularly” is better, since each morning things were cleaned and restored.