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Selected Verse: Leviticus 6:13 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Le 6:13 |
Strong Concordance |
The fire [0784] shall ever [08548] be burning [03344] upon the altar [04196]; it shall never go out [03518]. |
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King James |
The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The fire shall ever be burning - This was a symbol of the never-ceasing worship which Yahweh required of His people. It was essentially connected with their acts of sacrifice. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
The Fire
(See Scofield) - (Lev 1:8).
Here the fire expresses also the undying devotedness of Christ. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Fire was to be kept constantly burning upon the altar without going out, not in order that the heavenly fire, which proceeded from Jehovah when Aaron and his sons first entered upon the service of the altar after their consecration, and consumed the burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, might never be extinguished (see at Lev 9:24); but that the burnt-offering might never go out, because this was the divinely appointed symbol and visible sign of the uninterrupted worship of Jehovah, which the covenant nation could never suspend either day or night, without being unfaithful to its calling. For the same reason other nations also kept perpetual fire burning upon the altars of their principal gods. (For proofs, see Rosenmller and Knobel ad h. l.) |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Thus should we keep the fire of holy love ever burning in our hearts. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The fire shall ever be burning - See on Lev 6:9 (note) and Lev 6:20 (note). In imitation of this perpetual fire, the ancient Persian Magi, and their descendants the Parses, kept up a perpetual fire; the latter continue it to the present day. This is strictly enjoined in the Zend Avesta, which is a code of laws as sacred among them as the Pentateuch is among the Jews. A Sagnika Brahmin preserves the fire that was kindled at his investiture with the poita, and never suffers it to go out, using the same fire at his wedding and in all his burnt-offerings, till at length his body is burnt with it - Ward's Customs. |
8 And the priests [03548], Aaron's [0175] sons [01121], shall lay [06186] the parts [05409], the head [07218], and the fat [06309], in order [06186] upon the wood [06086] that is on the fire [0784] which is upon the altar [04196]:
24 And there came [03318] a fire [0784] out from before [06440] the LORD [03068], and consumed [0398] upon the altar [04196] the burnt offering [05930] and the fat [02459]: which when all the people [05971] saw [07200], they shouted [07442], and fell [05307] on their faces [06440].
20 This is the offering [07133] of Aaron [0175] and of his sons [01121], which they shall offer [07126] unto the LORD [03068] in the day [03117] when he is anointed [04886]; the tenth part [06224] of an ephah [0374] of fine flour [05560] for a meat offering [04503] perpetual [08548], half [04276] of it in the morning [01242], and half [04276] thereof at night [06153].
9 Command [06680] Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121], saying [0559], This is the law [08451] of the burnt offering [05930]: It is the burnt offering [05930], because of the burning [04169] upon the altar [04196] all night [03915] unto the morning [01242], and the fire [0784] of the altar [04196] shall be burning [03344] in it.