John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 3. Without the vail of the testimony , etc.] That is, on the outside of the vail which divided between the holy and holy of holies, and which was before the ark in which the testimony or law was: in the tabernacle of the congregation ; which the apostle calls the first, namely, the holy place in which the candlestick, with its lamps, stood, ( Hebrews 9:2); shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning, before the Lord continually , that is, the lamp or lamps, or candlestick, in which they were, or the light of them; his business was, and so every priest’s that succeeded him, to supply the lamps with oil, to dress, him, and snuff them, that they might burn clear, and burn always, and that before the Lord, in the presence of the Lord: [it shall be] a statute for ever in your generations ; until the Messiah should come, the true light, which would put out all such typical ones, and by his Gospel spread light in all his churches throughout the world; (see Gill on “ Exodus 27:20”) and (see Gill on “ Exodus 27:21”).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-9 - The loaves of bread typify Christ as the Bread of life, and the food of the souls of his people. He is the Light of his church, the Light of the world; in and through his word this light shines. By this light we discern the food prepared for our souls; and we should daily, but especially from sabbath to sabbath, feed thereon in our hearts with thanksgiving. And as the loaves were left in the sanctuary, so shoul we abide with God till he dismiss us.
Original Hebrew מחוץ2351 לפרכת6532 העדת5715 באהל168 מועד4150 יערך6186 אתו853 אהרן175 מערב6153 עד5704 בקר1242 לפני6440 יהוה3068 תמיד8548 חקת2708 עולם5769 לדרתיכם׃1755
