Leviticus 24:2
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee the finest and dearest oil of olives, to furnish the lamps continually,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Præcipe filiis Israël, ut afferant tibi oleum de olivis purissimum, ac lucidum, ad concinnandas lucernas jugiter,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Ἔντειλαι τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ, καὶ λαβέτωσάν μοι ἔλαιον ἐλάινον καθαρὸν κεκομμένον εἰς φῶς, καῦσαι λύχνον διὰ παντὸς
- Hebrew (WLC)
- צַ֞ו אֶת בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְיִקְח֨וּ אֵלֶ֜יךָ שֶׁ֣מֶן זַ֥יִת זָ֛ךְ כָּתִ֖ית לַמָּא֑וֹר לְהַעֲלֹ֥ת נֵ֖ר תָּמִֽיד
Haydock's commentary
Command. It is probable that this order was given while Beseleel was working at the tabernacle. (Calmet)
The people were to furnish the necessary sacrifices, &c., by the half sicle, Exodus xxx. 13, and by voluntary contributions on the three great festivals, on which no one was to appear empty-handed, Exodus xxiii. 15. Some chose to put their contributions towards the temple in the treasury, Luke xxi. 1.
Oil: Hebrew, "pure oil of the olive beaten, for light to," &c.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Methodius The Banquet of the Ten Virgins; or Concerning Chastity, Chapter IV
Now they offered, in Leviticus, oil of this kind, “pure oil olive, beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually, without the veil…before the Lord.” But they were commanded to have a feeble light from the evening to the morning. For their light seemed to resemble the prophetic word, which gives encouragement to temperance, being nourished by the acts and the faith of the people. But the temple (in which the light was kept burning) refers to “the lot of their inheritance,” inasmuch as a light can shine in only one house. Therefore it was necessary that it should be lighted before day. For he says, “ they shall burn it until the morning,” that is, until the coming of Christ. But the Sun of chastity and of righteousness having arisen, there is no need of other light.