Leviticus 6:13

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“The fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not be extinguished.”

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BSBPD

“The fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not be extinguished.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 6:13 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 29:1“Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish,
  2. Exodus 29:2along with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour,
  3. Exodus 29:40With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.
  4. Leviticus 9:24Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.
  5. Isaiah 31:9Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

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