Negative Commandment #375 of 613

Do not extinguish the fire on the altar

Commandment #375a prohibition 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

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
Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
Book
leviticus
Chapter
6

Scholarly References

Parashah
Tzav
Sefer HaChinuch
#133
Mishneh Torah
ServicePerpetual Offerings and Additional Offerings

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