A moment in scripture
Leviticus 6:12
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.
The surrounding passage
- Leviticus 6:10
And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
- Leviticus 6:11
And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
- Leviticus 6:13
The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
- Leviticus 6:14
And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord, before the altar.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.