Leviticus 24: 1-9, “And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations. He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD. And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.”
The Tabernacle was part of the nomadic lifestyle in the desert and everything had to be ready to be transported when the Lord told Israel to move. In order to provide light for the Tabernacle they had to use oil and wicks. The Tabernacle was dedicated to the Lord’s service and they had to use the best that was available. In order to give the Lord the best for light in the Tabernacle they used the best olive oil that was available. These lights were kept burning at all times, not because the Lord couldn’t see in the dark but so that the people would always be aware of the Lord’s presence. They were also asked to prepare cakes of bread so that the people could remember that the Lord gave them the best and they needed to give their best back to Him. Frankincense was the best incense that they could make as well. The Lord didn’t actually need to eat the bread because He is God, however, the people gave the bread to the Lord and the Lord’s representatives, the priests, were to eat it on His behalf.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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