Leviticus 6:13

fire is continually burning on the altar, it is not quenched.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.

In Context

12And the fire on the altar is burning on it, it is not quenched, and the priest has burned wood on it morning by morning, and has arranged the burnt-offering on it, and has made incense on it [with] the fat of the peace-offerings;

14And this [is] a law of the present: sons of Aaron have brought it near before YHWH to the front of the altar,

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Cross References

Exodus 29:2and unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil; you make them of fine wheat flour,

Leviticus 9:24and fire comes out from before YHWH, and consumes the burnt-offering and the fat on the altar; and all the people see, and cry aloud, and fall on their faces.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 6:9-14

Law of the Burnt-Offering. ( b. c. 1490.) 8 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. 10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them… Read the whole commentary →

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