Leviticus 9:24
And, 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.
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Genesis 4:3Then it happened, after many days, that Cain offered gifts to the Lord, from the fruits of the earth.
Genesis 17:3Abram fell prone on his face.
Leviticus 6:13This is the perpetual fire which shall never fail upon the altar.
Numbers 14:5And when Moses and Aaron heard this, they fell prone on the ground in the sight of the multitude of the sons of Israel.
Numbers 23:21There is no idol in Jacob; neither is there a false image to be seen in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, and the resound of royal victory is in him.
Judges 13:19And so, Manoah took a kid from the goats, and libations, and he placed them upon a rock, as an offering to the Lord, who accomplishes wonders. Then he and his wife watched.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 9:24
23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the people. 24 And there came a fire out from before the Lord , and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces. We are not told what Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle to do, v. 23 . Some of the Jewish writers say, "They went in to pray for the appearance of the divine glory;"… Read the whole commentary →