1. The Lord told Moses
2. to say to the community of Israel:You must supply the purest olive oil for the lamps in the sacred tent, so they will keep burning.
3-4. Aaron will set up the gold lampstand in the holy place of the sacred tent. Then he will light the seven lamps that must be kept burning there in my presence, every night from now on. This law will never change.
5. Use your finest flour to bake twelve loaves of bread about two kilogrammes each,
6. then take them into the sacred tent and lay them on the gold table in two rows of six loaves.
7. Beside each row put some pure incense that will be sent up by fire in place of the bread as an offering to me.
8. Aaron must lay fresh loaves on the table each Sabbath, and priests in all generations must continue this practice as part of Israel's agreement with me.
9. This bread will always belong to Aaron and his family; it is very holy because it was offered to me, and it must be eaten in a holy place.