In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that shields the ark of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning before the Lord from evening to morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for the generations to come. The lampstand burns outside the veil — in the Holy Place — and must be tended by Aaron and his sons from evening to morning. The priestly responsibility for the perpetual light is a lasting ordinance: every generation of priests is responsible for maintaining the light in the sanctuary. The from evening to morning timing connects the lampstand's light to the resurrection pattern — light through the night, from darkness to dawn. The light that burns through the night before the Lord is the covenant promise that God's presence illuminates even in the darkness of the wilderness.

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