Leviticus 6:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it shall not go out. Every morning the priest shall add wood to it, lay out the burnt offering on it, and turn into smoke the fat pieces of the offerings of well-being.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And the fire upon the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be allowed to go out. The priest shall burn wood on it every morning and lay the burnt offering in order upon it and he shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And the fire upon the altar shall be kept burning thereon, it shall not go out; and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning: and he shall lay the burnt-offering in order upon it, and shall burn thereon the fat of the peace-offerings.

Common English Bible

¹² The altar fire must be kept burning; it must not go out. Each morning the priest will burn wood on it, will lay out the entirely burned offering on it, and will completely burn the fat of the well-being offering on it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² But the fire on the altar shall burn always, for the priest shall nourish it by placing wood under it each day in the morning. And, laying down the holocaust, he shall burn the fat of the peace offerings upon it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And the fire on the altar shall always burn, and the priest shall feed it, putting wood on it every day in the morning, and laying on the holocaust, shall burn thereupon the fat of the peace-offerings.

Leviticus 6:12 Cross References

Nehemiah 13:31

and I provided for the wood offering, at appointed times, and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

Ezekiel 40:46

and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who have charge of the altar; these are the descendants of Zadok, who alone among the descendants of Levi may come near to the Lord to minister to him.”

Leviticus 6:11

Then he shall take off his vestments and put on other garments and carry the ashes out to a clean place outside the camp.

Leviticus 6:13

A perpetual fire shall be kept burning on the altar; it shall not go out.

Leviticus 6:9

“Command Aaron and his sons: This is the rule of the burnt offering. The burnt offering itself shall remain on the hearth upon the altar all night until the morning, while the fire on the altar shall be kept burning.

Leviticus 9:24

Fire came out from the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.

Hebrews 10:27

but a fearful prospect of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.