Leviticus 6:12
The fire on the altar will be kept burning. It must not go out, and the priest will burn wood on it every morning. He will arrange the burnt offering as required on it, and he will burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.
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13Fire must be kept burning on the altar continually. It must not go out.
Cross References
Leviticus 1:7Then the sons of Aaron the priest will put fire on the altar and place wood to feed the fire.
Leviticus 3:9The man will offer the sacrifice of fellowship offerings as an offering made by fire to Yahweh. The fat, the entire fat tail cut away close to the backbone, and the fat that covers the inner parts and all the fat that is near the inner parts,
Leviticus 9:24Fire came out from Yahweh and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When all the people saw this, they shouted and lay facedown.
Nehemiah 13:31I provided for the wood offering at the appointed times and for the firstfruits. Call me to mind, my God, for good.
Hebrews 10:27Instead, there is only a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume God's enemies.
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 →