Catholic Public Domain Version
"This is the perpetual fire which shall never fail upon the altar."
— Leviticus 6:13, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.”
“Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out. ”
“Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.”
“A continual fire must be kept burning on the altar. It must not be extinguished.”
“This is the perpetual fire which shall never go out on the altar.”
“Let the fire be kept burning on the altar at all times; it is never to go out.”
“The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.”
The priest shall be vested with the tunic and the linen undergarments. And he shall take up the ashes of that which the devouring fire has consumed, and, placing them next to the altar,
he shall strip off his former vestments, and being clothed with others, he shall carry them beyond the camp, and he shall cause them to be consumed, even to glowing embers, in a very clean place.
But the fire on the altar shall burn always, for the priest shall nourish it by placing wood under it each day in the morning. And, laying down the holocaust, he shall burn the fat of the peace offerings upon it.
This is the perpetual fire which shall never fail upon the altar.
This is the law of the sacrifice and the libations, which the sons of Aaron shall offer in the sight of the Lord, and before the altar.
The priest shall take a handful of fine wheat flour, which has been sprinkled with oil, and all the frankincense, which has been placed upon the flour, and he shall burn it upon the altar as a memorial of most sweet odor to the Lord.
And the remaining portion of the flour, Aaron shall eat with his sons, without leaven. And he shall eat it in the holy place, in the atrium of the tabernacle.