The Law of the Burnt Offering

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the (A)law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering shall be on the hearth upon the altar all night until morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it. 10 (B)And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen trousers he shall put on his body, and take up the ashes of the burnt offering which the fire has consumed on the altar, and he shall put them (C)beside the altar. 11 Then (D)he shall take off his garments, put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp (E)to a clean place. 12 And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be put out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order on it; and he shall burn on it (F)the fat of the peace offerings. 13 A fire shall always be burning on the (G)altar; it shall never go out.

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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)