The Burnt Offering

The Lord spoke to Moses: “Command Aaron and his sons: This is the law of the burnt offering; the burnt offering itself must remain on the altar’s hearth all night until morning, while the fire of the altar is kept burning on it. 10 The priest is to put on his linen robe and linen undergarments.[a](A) He is to remove the ashes of the burnt offering the fire has consumed on the altar, and place them beside the altar. 11 Then he will take off his garments, put on other clothes,(B) and bring the ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place. 12 The fire on the altar is to be kept burning; it must not go out. Every morning the priest will burn wood on the fire. He is to arrange the burnt offering on the fire and burn the fat portions from the fellowship offerings(C) on it. 13 Fire must be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not go out.

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  1. 6:10 Lit undergarments on his flesh

Then[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the regulation of the burnt offering: The burnt offering must remain on the hearth[b] on the altar all night until the morning, and the altar’s fire must be kept burning on it. 10 And the priest shall put on his linen robe, and he must put his linen undergarments on his body, and he shall take away the fatty ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed on the altar, and he shall place them[c] beside the altar. 11 And he shall take off his garments and put on other garments, and he shall bring out the fatty ashes outside the camp[d] to a ceremonially clean place, 12 but[e] the fire on the altar must be kept burning on it; it must not be quenched. And the priest must burn wood every morning[f] on it,[g] and he shall arrange the burnt offering on it,[h] and he shall turn into smoke the fat portions of the fellowship offerings on it.[i] 13 A perpetual fire must be kept burning on the altar; it must not be quenched.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 6:8 Or “And”
  2. Leviticus 6:9 Literally “It shall be the burnt offering on a hearth”
  3. Leviticus 6:10 Hebrew “him/it”—plural required by the English “fatty ashes”
  4. Leviticus 6:11 Literally “to from an outside place of the camp”
  5. Leviticus 6:12 Or “and”
  6. Leviticus 6:12 Literally “in the morning in the morning”
  7. Leviticus 6:12 Antecedent for this 3fs suffix is “fire” (“altar” is ms)
  8. Leviticus 6:12 Antecedent for this 3fs suffix is “fire” (“altar” is ms)
  9. Leviticus 6:12 Antecedent for this 3fs suffix is “fire” (“altar” is ms)