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Positive Commandment #374 of 613

Keep the fire burning on the altar

Commandment #374 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 6:9, classified under Temple and Sacred Objects in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

“"Command Aaron and his sons, saying, 'This is the law for the burnt offering: the burnt offering itself shall remain on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire on the altar is to be kept burning on it.”

— Leviticus 6:9

Hebrew

ב צַו אֶת-אַהֲרֹן וְאֶת-בָּנָיו לֵאמֹר, זֹאת תּוֹרַת הָעֹלָה: הִוא הָעֹלָה עַל מוֹקְדָה עַל-הַמִּזְבֵּחַ כָּל-הַלַּיְלָה, עַד-הַבֹּקֶר, וְאֵשׁ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, תּוּקַד בּוֹ.

Greek (Septuagint)

(6:2) Ἔντειλαι Ααρων καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ λέγων Οὗτος ὁ νόμος τῆς ὁλοκαυτώσεως· αὐτὴ ἡ ὁλοκαύτωσις ἐπὶ τῆς καύσεως αὐτῆς ἐπὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου ὅλην τὴν νύκτα ἕως τὸ πρωί, καὶ τὸ πῦρ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καυθήσεται ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῦ, οὐ σβεσθήσεται.

Classification

Type
Positive (Thou Shalt)
Book
leviticus
Chapter
6

Scholarly References

Parashah
Tzav
Sefer HaChinuch
#132
Mishneh Torah
ServicePerpetual Offerings and Additional Offerings

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