Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

continual sacred light before the deity

continual_sacred_light_before_the_deity

A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


jewish christian

  • Leviticus Chapter 22 / Chapter 23 / Footnotes / Chapter 24; lines 1565-1621 confidence: medium

    Yahweh tells Moses to command Israel to bring pure beaten olive oil for a continual lamp, which Aaron keeps in order before Yahweh on the pure gold lamp stand.

    A lamp is to burn continually before Yahweh, maintained by Aaron with pure olive oil and placed on the pure gold lamp stand.

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