Leviticus 6:13
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This is the perpetual fire which shall never go out on the altar.

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Context
The Burnt Offering
12And the fire on the altar shall always burn, and the priest shall feed it, putting wood on it every day in the morning: and laying on the holocaust, shall burn thereupon the fat of the peace offerings. 13This is the perpetual fire which shall never go out on the altar.
Cross References
Leviticus 6:9
Command Aaron and his sons: This is the law of a holocaust. It shall be burnt upon the altar, all night until morning: the fire shall be of the same altar.

Leviticus 6:12
And the fire on the altar shall always burn, and the priest shall feed it, putting wood on it every day in the morning: and laying on the holocaust, shall burn thereupon the fat of the peace offerings.

Leviticus 6:14
This is the law of the sacrifice and libations, which the children of Aaron shall offer before the Lord, and before the altar.

Ezekiel 40:46
But the chamber that looketh towards the north shall be for the priests that watch over the ministry of the altar. These are the sons of Sadoc, who among the sons of Levi, come near to the Lord, to minister to him.

Lexicon
The fire
אֵ֗שׁ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 784: A fire

must be kept burning
תּוּקַ֥ד (tū·qaḏ)
Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3344: To be kindled, to burn

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the altar
הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar

continually;
תָּמִ֛יד (tā·mîḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8548: Continuance, constant, ellipt, the regular, sacrifice

it must not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

be extinguished.
תִכְבֶֽה׃‪‬ (ṯiḵ·ḇeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3518: To be quenched or extinguished, to go out


Additional Translations
The fire must be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not be extinguished.The fire shall ever be burning on the altar; it shall never go out.

Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.

And the fire shall always burn on the altar; it shall not be extinguished.

A continual fire shall be kept burning on the altar: it shall never go out.

Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.

The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.

Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.

fire is continually burning on the altar, it is not quenched.
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