“You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn. In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel.
“Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. You shall speak to all the skillful, whom I have filled with a spirit of skill, that they make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him for my priesthood. These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests. They shall receive gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.
Obviously for the candle stick not with a set of wicks but with a supply of oil in the base there was a need for high quality olive oil as this was the only oil available as they travelled.
Moses’ brother, Aaron, was to be the high priest and his sons priests. There were to be very meaningful garments worn to distinguish them and to honour the God before Whom they were representing the people.
The Ephod. A part of the High Priest’s garments was the ephod, a kind of chest covering made of two sections joined at the shoulders by two onyx stones set in sockets of gold. On the ephod was inscribed the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. Opposite is a picture of an artist’s impression of what the High Priest’s robes looked like.
Prayer: Thank You Father that Jesus, having ascended to heaven after His Resurrection, is at Your right hand as our High Priest, interceding on believers’ behalf.
As I read it! 