Leviticus 6:13

“The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.”
King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations of Leviticus 6:13

The fire shall euer be burning vpon the Altar: it shall neuer goe out.
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original Leviticus chapter 6

'Fire shall be kept burning continually on the altar; it is not to go out.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.
- American Standard Version (1901)

Let the fire be kept burning on the altar at all times; it is never to go out.
- Basic English Bible

A continual fire shall be kept burning on the altar: it shall never go out.
- Darby Bible

This is the perpetual fire which shall never go out on the altar.
- Douay Rheims Bible

The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
- Webster's Bible

Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.
- World English Bible

fire is continually burning on the altar, it is not quenched.
- Youngs Literal Bible

(6:6) Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

GiGi's comment on 2022-10-25 12:44:37:

Leviticus Chapter 6; verses 14-18 continued..

This meat (meal) offering is to be a forever statute. So, with Communion, it is for us to be partaken of regularly as believers, as often as we eat and drink of it we bring to remembrance and proclaim the death and resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ.

It says that everyone who touches those who partake of this meal are to be holy. This speaks to being consecrated. Those who partake of the communion are to be believers, thus being made holy by the Holy Spirit's regeneration and sanctification, by the death and resurrection of Jesus, and by the acceptance of the Father, having justified us through the blood of His One and Only Son, Jesus. The work of the Trinity in our salvation is important to recognize. We are reconciled to God by all of the actions of the Persons of the Trinity. Through the grace and favor of the Godhead, we are redeemed and set apart for God as holy priests who serve Him, the Only True God. He alone is God, there is no other, none before Him and none after Him. There will never be any other gods formed because a created being cannot become a god and be given the True God's divine essence. This essence only God possesses, however, being made holy through salvation, we are brought into communion with God and experience His Glory and Love both now and in the life to come. I don't think we can ever overestimate the worth of this experience when, because of our sins, we deserve to never experience this privilege. It is precious and only the angels and saved humans will be given such a marvelously rich gift in being in right relationship with our Great God and Savior, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

GiGi's comment on 2022-10-25 12:32:39:

Leviticus Chapter 6:14-18

This portion of the chapter speaks to the Meat (meal) offering that the priests are to offer with the daily morning and evening burnt offering and peace offering. The priest is to take a handful of the fine flour and combine it with the oil and the frankincense to burn it with the sacrificial animal, with its fat. This will be a sweet and pleasing aroma to the LORD. It is said to be a memorial to the LORD. A memorial is something to be remembered. Perhaps the LORD wanted to the people to remember how He had delivered them from the bondage of slavery and also to realize that He has delivered them from the bondage of sin also through the forgiveness He gives through these offerings (which are a shadow of the sacrifice of Jesus). Perhaps the LORD wants His people to not be forgetful about being truly thankful to Him from their hearts for all He has done for them. We too, should be ever grateful to God for Jesus. We are to offer up holy hands with thanksgiving to God when we pray (Philippians 4:6) We are told to not forget His benefits to us. This is the effect of having a sort of memorial. Partaking of Communion is such a memorial where we remember His body and blood that was shed for us for the forgiveness of sins. This memorial harkens back to this grain offering in this chapter of Leviticus.

Aaron and his sons are to use the remainder of the grain to make unleavened bread or wafers or cakes for their consumption. It is only to be consumed in the holy place, in the court of the tabernacle of meeting. Even this bread that the priests eat together is considered holy, not common. So the communal eating of it is an act of worship. Our taking of communion is to be eaten with other believers in a holy place as an act of worship. We should beware of partaking of communion in a flippant or insincere way. We are to discern the body and blood of Jesus, we should examine ourselves beforehand, confessing our sins, and honoring God as we partake.

GiGi's comment on 2022-10-08 20:36:28:

Leviticus 6:7-13

..continued

This does not mean that Jesus is forever being crucified. It means that, though His crucifixion was an event that happened in time and space (which would require Him to be human), His sacrifice was accomplished outside of time from eternity to eternity *which requires Him to be God). The Scriptures clearly say that He was slain before the foundation of the world (before creation). Outside of time and space where only God exists, everything is eternally "now" and also "complete". So, all that God has done or ever will do in time and space is absolutely finished. God's will is completely consumated. There is nothing more for God to do within Himself outside of time and space. To be perfect, there can be no progression of actions or process to an end. This would indicate, again, a change within Himself. This is somewhat baffling, but I think it is important to this discussion on Leviitcus 6.

In verses 7-13, God ordained that the burnt offering would be continually on the altar being consumed by fire. The fire was never to go out. This permanence of sacrifice speaks to several things:

-God's hatred for sin never goes away

-the price for sin is a forever payment

-the need for a perfect sacrifice is always in force

-the perpetuity of Jesus' sacrifice forever satisfies God's wrath

-the eternality of Jesus' sacrifice requires no repeat of His sacrifice

-the redemption of any person is always dependent upon Jesus' completely efficacious sacrifice in our place for our sins

-God will never change how sins are atoned for

-the Father always look to Jesus' perfectly lived life and perfect sacrifice when He looks upon us in relation to our sin

-the Father has permanently given us the righteousness of Jesus as the means of our justification before Him

-the Father always expresses HIs love, mercy, and grace to those who believe in His Son

-Jesus' blood never ceases to give us life instead of death

GiGi's comment on 2022-10-08 20:19:07:

Leviticus Ch.6: 7-13

To tag on to last night's posts on this section:

It is said that God is total actuality. This refers to the fact that since He:

never changes

is complete within Himself

is infinitely perfect in His Being

cannot add anything to His essential Being

cannot remove anything from His essential Being

cannot improve Himself in any way

can never be limited in His perfections

has not potential for becoming more perfect

eternally exercises all of Who He is

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So, in regards to "actuality", it can be said that God has no latency within His essence. This means that He does not put aside any aspect of His Being to be enacted upon only when He chooses to do so. All of Who He is, is always enacted. This is termed actualization-actively being what One can be.

Also, God is not a compartmentalized Being. He does not have components His Being. He does not have a part of Himself that is love, another that is omnipotence, another that is holy, etc. His essence always all of these "attributes" because His essence is One substance that is totally unified. Therefore, His attributes are expressions of His One unified essence. He is pure Being.

With these ideas in mind, God expresses all that He is through this One essence. He can never be more or less loving or wrathful. He cannot set His wrath aside in order to be loving. These would involve a change in Himself, which is impossible. God never changes. He never ceases to express Himself totally. This is because He is infinitely and completely perfect.

In relating this idea of being a totally actualized Being to the Leviticus text here, Jesus has always been the Son of God and God always the Father. Jesus has eternally been the sacrifice that both expiates (pays the debt) and satisfies the wrath of God for our sins. ....continued

Esua Eta's comment on 2015-07-31 04:00:48:

God is no more dwelling in physical tents or in temples today, but in the altar of our hearts. Just like the priests, it is our ultimate responsibility to keep our hearts clean, pure, holy and set-apart for the constant indwelling of the Holy Spirit who is the symbol of the fire on the altar of incense.

Nare komape's comment on 2014-12-29 20:35:43:

From leviticus chapter 1, variou offerings to God are outlined e.g burnt offering, grain offering, peace offering, sin offering, guilt offering, ordination offering, all of which their solemn purpose was to make an atonement at-one-ment with God. Buying an animal or crops or having to raise an animal or grow crops indicated personal cost involved. David said i won 't offer to God that which cost me nothing. We understand that Jesus is our ultimate sacrifies, that does not mean there is no cost. Our cost is to carry our cross and follow him and to ensure that the fire is kept burning in our hearts at all times. It is easy to say Jesus is my paid for my sins yet not have any personal cost or not give you life to him. Or even further to say i have prayed repentence prayer Jesus has started the fire but it has gone out ever since.

Nare komape's comment on 2014-12-29 20:21:07:

From Leviticus chapter 1, various offerings to God are outlined e.g burnt offering, grain offering, peace offering, sin offering, guilt offering, ordination offering, all of which their solemn purpose was to make an atonement with God. Buying an animal or crops or having to raise an animal or grow crops indicated personal cost involved. David said I won 't offer to God that which cost me nothing. We understand that Jesus is our ultimate sacrifices, that does not mean there is no cost.

phylis njeri's comment on 2013-08-20 03:44:43:

to keep the fire burning means that it is maintaining a good relationship with our God through our actions and words

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