Leviticus 9:24
And there went out fire from before Jehovah, and consumed on the altar the burnt-offering, and the pieces of fat; and all the people saw it, and they shouted, and fell on their face.
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Genesis 4:3And in process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to Jehovah.
Genesis 17:3And Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him, saying,
Leviticus 6:13A continual fire shall be kept burning on the altar: it shall never go out.
Numbers 14:5Then Moses and Aaron fell upon their faces before the whole congregation of the assembly of the children of Israel.
Numbers 23:21He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen wrong in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in his midst.
Judges 13:19Then Manoah took the kid and the oblation, and offered it up to Jehovah upon the rock. And he did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on.
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 →