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The Burnt Offering

Leviticus 6:13

In 11 translations

BSB
The fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not be extinguished.
KJV
The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
WEB
Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.
ASV
Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.
LSV
fire is continually burning on the altar, it is not quenched.
YLT
fire is continually burning on the altar, it is not quenched.
DBY
A continual fire shall be kept burning on the altar: it shall never go out.
DRC
This is the perpetual fire which shall never go out on the altar.
GNV
The fire shall euer burne vpon the altar, and neuer go out.
JPS6:6
Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.
LXXE6:6
And the fire shall always burn on the altar; it shall not be extinguished.

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Original-language editions

WLC6:6
אֵ֗שׁ תָּמִ֛יד תּוּקַ֥ד עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ לֹ֥א תִכְבֶֽה׃KJV:Lev.6.13BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
LXX-Br6:6
Καὶ πῦρ διαπαντὸς καυθήσεται ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον, οὐ σβεσθήσεται.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 6:6 in some Bibles
  • 6:13 in most Bibles

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