Leviticus 1:7

and they shall toss fire under the altar, having arranged beforehand a stack of wood.

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In The King James Version

And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire:

In Context

6And having pulled away the skin of the victim, they shall cut up the joints into pieces,

8And they shall lay the parts which are cut up in order upon it: namely, the head, and all the things that adjoin to the liver,

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Cross References

Genesis 22:9And they came to the place that God had shown to him. There he built an altar, and he set the wood in order upon it. And when he had bound his son Isaac, he laid him on the altar upon the pile of wood.

Leviticus 9:24And, behold, a fire from the Lord devoured the holocaust, and the fat which was on the altar. When the crowd had seen this, they praised the Lord, falling on their faces.

1 Chronicles 21:26And he built an altar to the Lord there. And he offered holocausts and peace offerings, and he called upon the Lord. And he heeded him by sending fire from heaven upon the altar of the holocaust.

Nehemiah 13:31O my God, remember me also, for good, because of the offering of wood, at the appointed times, and because of the first-fruits. Amen.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 1:4-10

Law of the Burnt-Offering. ( b. c. 1490.) 3 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord . 4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. 5 And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord : and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the… Read the whole commentary →

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