Leviticus 6:13
New International Version
The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not go out.

New Living Translation
Remember, the fire must be kept burning on the altar at all times. It must never go out.

English Standard Version
Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.

Berean Standard Bible
The fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not be extinguished.

King James Bible
The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.

New King James Version
A fire shall always be burning on the altar; it shall never go out.

New American Standard Bible
Fire shall be kept burning continually on the altar; it is not to go out.

NASB 1995
‘Fire shall be kept burning continually on the altar; it is not to go out.

NASB 1977
‘Fire shall be kept burning continually on the altar; it is not to go out.

Legacy Standard Bible
Fire shall be kept burning continually on the altar; it shall not go out.

Amplified Bible
The fire shall be burning continually on the altar; it shall not [be allowed to] go out.

Christian Standard Bible
Fire must be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not go out.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Fire must be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not go out.”

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And fire will be constantly burning on the altar and you shall not put it out.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the fire shall always burn on the altar; it shall not be extinguished.

Contemporary English Version
The altar fire must always be kept burning--it must never go out.

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

English Revised Version
Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The fire must always be burning on the altar. It must never go out.

Good News Translation
The fire must always be kept burning on the altar and never allowed to go out.

International Standard Version
The fire is to continue to burn on the altar and is never to be extinguished."

JPS Tanakh 1917
Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.

Literal Standard Version
fire is continually burning on the altar, it is not quenched.

Majority Standard Bible
The fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not be extinguished.

New American Bible
The fire is to be kept burning continuously on the altar; it must not go out.

NET Bible
A continual fire must be kept burning on the altar. It must not be extinguished.

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

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

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
fire is continually burning on the altar, it is not quenched.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Burnt Offering
12The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it must not be extinguished. Every morning the priest is to add wood to the fire, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat portions of the peace offerings on it. 13The fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not be extinguished.

Cross References
Leviticus 6:9
"Command Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering is to remain on the hearth of the altar all night, until morning, and the fire must be kept burning on the altar.

Leviticus 6:12
The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it must not be extinguished. Every morning the priest is to add wood to the fire, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat portions of the peace offerings on it.

Leviticus 6:14
Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron's sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.

Ezekiel 40:46
and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may approach the LORD to minister before Him."


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(13) The fire shall ever be burning.--This fire, which first came down from heaven (Leviticus 9:24), was to be continually fed with the fuel especially provided by the congregation, and with the daily burnt offerings. During the second Temple, this perpetual fire consisted of three parts or separate piles of wood on the same altar: on the largest one the daily sacrifice was burnt; the second, which was called the pile of incense, supplied the fire for the censers to burn the morning and evening incense; and the third was the perpetual fire from which the other two portions were fed. It never was quenched till the destruction of the Temple by Nebuchadnezzar. Indeed, we are positively assured that the pious priests who were carried captives into Persia concealed it in a pit, where it remained till the time of Nehemiah, when it was restored to the altar (2 Maccabees 1:19-22). The authorities in the time of Christ, however, assure us that the perpetual fire was one of the five things wanting in the second Temple.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The fire
אֵ֗שׁ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

must be kept burning
תּוּקַ֥ד (tū·qaḏ)
Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3344: To be kindled, to burn

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the altar
הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4196: An altar

continually;
תָּמִ֛יד (tā·mîḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 8548: Continuance, constant, ellipt, the regular, sacrifice

it must not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be extinguished.
תִכְבֶֽה׃‪‬ (ṯiḵ·ḇeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3518: To be quenched or extinguished, to go out


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