Leviticus 6:5

And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, and shall not be extinguished; and the priest shall burn on it wood every morning, and shall heap on it the whole burnt offering, and shall lay on it the fat of the peace offering.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.

In Context

4And he shall put off his robe, and put on another robe, and he shall take forth the offering that has been burned without the camp into a clean place.

6And the fire shall always burn on the altar; it shall not be extinguished.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:1And if the thief be found in the breach made by himself and be smitten and die, there shall not be blood shed for him.

Exodus 22:7But if the thief be not found, the master of the house shall come forward before God, and shall swear that surely he has not wrought wickedly in regard of any part of his neighbor’s deposit,

Exodus 30:7And Aaron shall burn upon it fine compound incense every morning; whensoever he trims the lamps he shall burn incense upon it.

Numbers 5:7that person shall confess the sin which he has committed, and shall make satisfaction for his trespass: he shall pay the principal, and shall add to it the fifth part, and shall make restoration to him against whom he has trespassed.

2 Samuel 12:6And he shall restore the lamb sevenfold, because he has not spared.

Proverbs 6:30It is not to be wondered at if one should be taken stealing, 1 For he steals that when hungry he may satisfy his soul: 1

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 6:2-8

Law of the Trespass-Offering. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord , and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; 3 Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: 4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore… Read the whole commentary →

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