Leviticus 6:12

_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._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

8-13 The daily sacrifice of a lamb is chiefly referred to. The priest must take care of the fire upon the altar. The first fire upon the altar came from heaven, ch. Leviticus 9:24; by keeping that up continually, all their sacrifices might be said to be consumed with the fire from heaven, in token of God's acceptance. Thus should the fire of our holy affections, the exercise of our faith and love, of prayer and praise, be without ceasing....

EXPOSITION The following section (Leviticus 6:8 - Leviticus 7:38) is a supplement to chapter 1-6:7, containing the regulations addressed to the priests relating to the ritual of the several sacrifices. Leviticus 6:8-3 of Leviticus 6:1 contain the further ritual of the burnt sacrifice; Leviticus 6:14-3, that of the meat offering; Leviticus 6:24-3, that of the sin offerings;...

AND THE FIRE UPON THE ALTAR SHALL BE BURNING IN IT, IT SHALL NOT BE PUT OUT,.... There were three fires, or piles of wood for fire continually; the first was a large one, on which the daily sacrifice was burnt; the second less, and called the pile of the incense, because they took from it fire in a censer to burn the morning and evening incense; and the third was only for preserving the fire that it might not go out: and of this it is written, Leviticus 6:12 x; and Maimonides y observes, that some say, the first of these is meant by the burning all night, Leviticus 6:9 and the second by the fire of the altar burning in it, Leviticus 6:12 but his own sense is, the third is meant by it; and in the sense of R. Joses, these

6. THE LAWS OF THE OFFERINGS Chapter S 6:8-7:38 _ 1. The law of the burnt offering (Leviticus 6:8)_ 2. The law of the meal offering (Leviticus 6:14) 3. The offering of the high priest (Leviticus 6:19) 4. The law of the sin offering (Leviticus 6:24) 5. The law of the trespass offering (Leviticus 7:1) 6. The law of the sacrifice of the peace offerings (Leviticus 7:11) After Jehovah had given

THE PRIESTS AND THE BURNT OFFERING (_cf._ ch. 1). This section, however, obviously refers specially to the continual or daily sacrifice. The fire on the altar is to be perpetual, like the Roman Vesta-fire; the victim is to rest on the hearth or plate on the top of the altar. The priest is to be clothed in linen, as conducing to bodily cleanliness and avoiding sweat (_cf._ also Exodus 28:42). When the priest carries away the ashes (_cf._ on Leviticus 4:12), he is to change his garments; the altar garments must not risk infecting common objects (_cf._ Ezekiel 44:19 *), Originally there was but one burnt offering daily (_cf._...

BURN [WOOD]. Hebrew. _b'a'ar,_ burn as fuel, consume. EVERY MORNING. Hebrew morning by morning. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ App-6. BURN. burn as incense. Hebrew. _katar._ App-43....

Leviticus 6:8 to Leviticus 7:38 [Hebrews 6:1-20; Hebrews 6:7]. The Second Part of the Law of Offerings See the analysis of this portion in Appendix I (_a_) where are given reasons for concluding that this group of laws is not by the same hand as the first, and that they have been collected by one who may or may not be identical with the compiler of P, in order to supplement Leviticus 1:1 to Leviticus 6:7. In the main they are concerned with _priestly_duties an

2. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS, CHIEFLY FOR THE PRIESTS 6:8-7:38 a. FOR BURNT OFFERINGS Leviticus 6:8-13 b. FOR MEAL OFFERINGS Leviticus 6:14-23 c. FOR SIN OFFERINGS Leviticus 6:24-30 d. FOR TRESPASS OFFERINGS Leviticus 7:1-10 e. FOR PEACE OFFERINGS Leviticus 7:11-34 f. THE DIVINE ORIGIN OF THE LAWS Leviticus 7:35-38 THE BURNT OFFERINGS 6

1-7. These vv. should be reckoned as part of Leviticus 5. The Hebrew chapter begins at Leviticus 6:8. Our chapter and verse divisions are a late invention, dating from the 13th and 14th centuries....