Leviticus 24:2

“Command the children of Israel, etc.] Moses was the chief magistrate under God, and being clothed with authority from him, had power to command the children of Israel to do what the Lord required of them: that they bring unto thee pure oil olive, beaten, for the light; this was to be at the public expense, and it belonged to the community to supply the priests with oil for the light of the candlestick in the temple, (<022506>Exodus 25:6); and this oil was not to be any sort of oil, as train oil, or oil of nuts, almonds, etc. but oil of olives, and not any sort of that, but the purest, which was the first that was taken from them; it seems there were three sorts, the first of which was pure,…”

“The oil for the lamps of the tabernacle and the meal for the showbread were to be offerings from the Congregation, like the meal for the Pentecostal loaves, Leviticus 23:17. It appears that the responsibility of keeping up the lights rested on the high priest, but the actual service might be performed, on ordinary occasions, by the common priests. Compare margin reference. Leviticus 24:5 Each cake or loaf of unleavened bread Leviticus 2:11 was to contain about six pounds and a quarter (see Exodus 29:40 note) of fine flour. The material was the same, both in quality and in quantity, with that of each one of the wave-loaves of Pentecost Leviticus 23:17. In the service of the temple the…”

“To cause the lamps to burn - Heb. the lamp: yet Lev 24:4, it is the lamps: The seven lamps made all one lamp. In allusion to which, the Blessed Spirit is represented, Rev 4:5, by seven lamps of fire before the throne. For there are diversities of gifts, but one spirit. Leviticus 24:3”

“that they: Exo 27:20, Exo 27:21, Exo 39:37, Exo 40:24; Num 8:2-4; Sa1 3:3, Sa1 3:4 the lamps: Ch2 13:11; Psa 119:105, Psa 119:130; Pro 6:23; Isa 8:20, Isa 11:2; Mat 4:16, Mat 5:16; Mat 25:1-8; Luk 1:79, Luk 12:35; Joh 1:4, Joh 1:9, Joh 5:35, Joh 8:12; Act 26:18; Co2 4:6; Eph 1:17, Eph 1:18, Eph 5:8-14; Phi 2:15, Phi 2:16 burn continually: Heb. ascend Leviticus 24:4”