Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.
WEB
The fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not be extinguished.
YLT
fire is continually burning on the altar, it is not quenched.
DBT
A continual fire shall be kept burning on the altar: it shall never go out.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLeviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.
- Author
- Moses — receives these laws at Sinai; the repeated formula is ‘the LORD spake unto Moses, saying’
- Date
- Composed during Israel's year at Sinai (15th–13th century BC)