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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/1.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/1.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The sons of Aaron the priest are to put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The sons of Aaron the priest will build a wood fire on the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Aaron the priest shall put a fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay the wood in order on the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Aaron the [high] priest shall put fire on the altar [of burnt offering] and arrange wood on the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Aaron the priest will prepare a fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Aaron the priest will prepare a fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay wood in order upon the fire;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />while the priests pile wood on the altar fire to make it start blazing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay wood in order upon the fire:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then the sons of the priest Aaron will start a fire on the altar and lay the wood on the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and the priests shall arrange firewood on the altar and light it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Aaron's sons, the priests, are to build a fire on the altar and arrange the wood over the fire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Aaron the priest shall put a fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />and the sons of Aaron, the priest, must put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay wood in order on the fire;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay wood in order on the fire; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the sons of Aaron the priest have put fire on the altar, and arranged wood on the fire;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the sons of Aaron the priest have put fire on the altar, and arranged wood on the fire;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the sons of Aaron, the priests, gave fire upon the altar, and arranged the wood upon the fire.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And shall put fire on the altar, having before laid in order a pile of wood: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />and they shall toss fire under the altar, having arranged beforehand a stack of wood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />After Aaron’s sons, the priests, have put burning embers on the altar and laid wood on them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The sons of the priest Aaron shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall put fire upon the altar and lay the wood in order upon the fire;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the Priests, the sons of Ahron, will put fire on the altar and they shall pile wood on the fire:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay wood in order upon the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the sons of Aaron the priests shall put fire on the altar, and shall pile wood on the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/1-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=52" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/1.htm">Laws for Burnt Offerings</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">The sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/175.htm" title="175: ’a·hă·rōn (N-proper-ms) -- An elder brother of Moses. Of uncertain derivation; Aharon, the brother of Moses.">of Aaron</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hên (Art:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">the priest</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wə·nā·ṯə·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">shall put</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: ’êš (N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">a fire</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: ham·miz·bê·aḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">the altar</a> <a href="/hebrew/6186.htm" title="6186: wə·‘ā·rə·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To set in a, row, arrange, put in order. A primitive root; to set in a row, i.e. Arrange, put in order.">and arrange</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ‘ê·ṣîm (N-mp) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">wood</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: hā·’êš (Art:: N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">the fire.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>Then Aaron’s sons the priests are to arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat, atop the burning wood on the altar.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/29-38.htm">Exodus 29:38-42</a></span><br />This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old. / Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight. / With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/28-3.htm">Numbers 28:3-8</a></span><br />And tell them that this is the food offering you are to present to the LORD as a regular burnt offering each day: two unblemished year-old male lambs. / Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight, / along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/18-33.htm">1 Kings 18:33</a></span><br />Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-4.htm">2 Chronicles 2:4</a></span><br />Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening as well as on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-11.htm">2 Chronicles 13:11</a></span><br />Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/3-3.htm">Ezra 3:3</a></span><br />They set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the LORD—both the morning and evening burnt offerings—even though they feared the people of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/10-33.htm">Nehemiah 10:33</a></span><br />for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/20-3.htm">Psalm 20:3</a></span><br />May He remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/66-15.htm">Psalm 66:15</a></span><br />I will offer You fatlings as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Isaiah 56:7</a></span><br />I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/43-18.htm">Ezekiel 43:18-27</a></span><br />Then He said to me: “Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is constructed, so that burnt offerings may be sacrificed on it and blood may be splattered on it: / You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD. / You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and all around the rim; thus you will cleanse the altar and make atonement for it. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-10.htm">Malachi 1:10</a></span><br />“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-23.htm">Matthew 5:23-24</a></span><br />So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, / leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/12-33.htm">Mark 12:33</a></span><br />and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-9.htm">Luke 1:9</a></span><br />he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay the wood in order on the fire:</p><p class="hdg">fire</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/6-12.htm">Leviticus 6:12,13</a></b></br> And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/9-24.htm">Leviticus 9:24</a></b></br> And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: <i>which</i> when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/10-1.htm">Leviticus 10:1</a></b></br> And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.</p><p class="hdg">lay</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/22-9.htm">Genesis 22:9</a></b></br> And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/13-31.htm">Nehemiah 13:31</a></b></br> And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/1-5.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-5.htm">Aaron's</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-5.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/exodus/40-4.htm">Arrange</a> <a href="/exodus/40-23.htm">Arranged</a> <a href="/exodus/40-38.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-4.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/exodus/40-23.htm">Order</a> <a href="/exodus/40-13.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-5.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/exodus/38-7.htm">Wood</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/1-8.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-8.htm">Aaron's</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-8.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-8.htm">Arrange</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-8.htm">Arranged</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-8.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-8.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-8.htm">Order</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-9.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-8.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-8.htm">Wood</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/1-1.htm">The law of burnt offerings</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/1-3.htm">of the herd</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/1-10.htm">of the flocks</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/1-14.htm">of the fowls</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The sons of Aaron the priest</b><br>This phrase refers to the descendants of Aaron, who was the brother of Moses and the first high priest of Israel. The Aaronic priesthood was established by God to serve in the tabernacle and later in the temple. The role of the priests was to mediate between God and the people, offering sacrifices and maintaining the rituals prescribed in the Law. This priestly lineage is significant as it underscores the hereditary nature of the priesthood in Israel, which was a divine appointment. The New Testament book of Hebrews contrasts this with the priesthood of Jesus, who is a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek, not based on lineage but on the power of an indestructible life.<p><b>shall put a fire on the altar</b><br>The altar referred to here is the bronze altar of burnt offering, located in the courtyard of the tabernacle. The fire on this altar was to be kept burning continually, as commanded in <a href="/leviticus/6-13.htm">Leviticus 6:13</a>. This perpetual fire symbolized God's eternal presence and the ongoing need for atonement. The act of putting fire on the altar signifies the priests' responsibility to maintain this divine command. In a broader theological context, fire often represents God's holiness and judgment, as seen in the burning bush (Exodus 3) and the tongues of fire at Pentecost (Acts 2).<p><b>and arrange wood on the fire</b><br>The wood was necessary to sustain the fire for the burnt offerings, which were a central aspect of Israelite worship. The careful arrangement of wood by the priests ensured that the fire would burn steadily and consume the sacrifices completely. This act of arranging wood can be seen as a type of Christ, who was laid upon the wood of the cross as the ultimate sacrifice for sin. The meticulous preparation of the altar reflects the order and precision required in worship, emphasizing that approaching God must be done according to His instructions.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/aaron.htm">Aaron</a></b><br>The first high priest of Israel, brother of Moses, and a key figure in establishing the priestly line. His sons were appointed to serve as priests.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/sons_of_aaron.htm">Sons of Aaron</a></b><br>The descendants of Aaron who were designated as priests to serve in the tabernacle, performing sacrifices and maintaining the rituals prescribed by God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_altar.htm">The Altar</a></b><br>A sacred place in the tabernacle where sacrifices were offered to God. It symbolizes the place of atonement and worship.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The portable sanctuary used by the Israelites during their journey in the wilderness, where God's presence dwelled among His people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_fire.htm">The Fire</a></b><br>Represents God's presence and the continuous need for purification and dedication in worship.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_priesthood.htm">The Role of the Priesthood</a></b><br>The priests were responsible for maintaining the fire on the altar, symbolizing the continuous need for atonement and dedication to God. This reflects the importance of spiritual leadership and responsibility in guiding others in worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_fire.htm">The Significance of Fire</a></b><br>Fire on the altar represents God's presence and the need for purification. In our lives, we must continually seek God's presence and allow His refining fire to purify our hearts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/continuous_worship.htm">Continuous Worship</a></b><br>Just as the fire on the altar was to be kept burning, our worship and devotion to God should be constant and unwavering. This calls for a daily commitment to prayer, reading Scripture, and living out our faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_wood.htm">Symbolism of Wood</a></b><br>The wood arranged on the fire signifies preparation and intentionality in worship. We must be deliberate in our spiritual practices, ensuring that our lives are aligned with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/priestly_duties_and_christian_living.htm">Priestly Duties and Christian Living</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to be a royal priesthood, serving God and others. This involves living a life of sacrifice, service, and dedication, reflecting Christ's love and grace to the world.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/priests_vs._levites__role_differences.htm">How do priests and Levites differ in their roles?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_the_levite's_status_credible_in_judges_17.htm">In Judges 17:7-13, how credible is the Levite's priestly status, given the requirements found elsewhere in the Old Testament regarding priestly lineage?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_lev._7_28-34_with_modern_ethics.htm">Leviticus 7:28-34: How do we reconcile the mandated portions for priests with modern ethical standards on religious offerings and resource distribution?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_exodus_32_align_with_aaron's_role.htm">How does the portrayal of Aaron's role in Exodus 32 align with other biblical depictions of him, and does it reveal inconsistencies across different texts?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">And the sons of Aaron.</span>--The priests are to put the fire upon the altar, because they offered the sacrifice upon the altar. This applies to the first burnt offering which was offered upon the newly-erected altar, since afterwards the fire was always burning, and was never allowed to go out (<a href="/leviticus/6-13.htm" title="The fire shall ever be burning on the altar; it shall never go out.">Leviticus 6:13</a>).<p><span class= "bld">And lay the wood.</span>--No other fuel but wood was allowed for the altar, and no one was allowed to bring it from his own house, but it had to be the wood of the congregation. (Comp. <a href="/nehemiah/10-34.htm" title="And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:">Nehemiah 10:34</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/13-31.htm" title="And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.">Nehemiah 13:31</a>.) It had to be of the best kind; worm-eaten wood or timber from pulled-down buildings was not allowed.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - The priest shall put fire upon the altar. The fire once kindled was never to be allowed to go out (<a href="/leviticus/6-13.htm">Leviticus 6:13</a>). Unless, therefore, these words refer to the first occasion only on which a burnt sacrifice was offered, they must mean "make up the fire on the altar" or it might possibly have been the practice, as Bishop Wordsworth (after Maimonides) supposes, that fresh fire was added to the altar fire before each sacrifice. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/1-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֨י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Aaron</span><br /><span class="heb">אַהֲרֹ֧ן</span> <span class="translit">(’a·hă·rōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_175.htm">Strong's 175: </a> </span><span class="str2">Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the priest</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּהֵ֛ן</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kō·hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shall prepare</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֠נָתְנוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·ṯə·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a fire</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֖שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’êš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the altar</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ</span> <span class="translit">(ham·miz·bê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> </span><span class="str2">An altar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and arrange</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעָרְכ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ā·rə·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6186.htm">Strong's 6186: </a> </span><span class="str2">To set in a, row, arrange, put in order</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wood</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵצִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·ṣîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tree, trees, wood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the fire.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֵֽשׁ׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’êš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fire</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/1-7.htm">Leviticus 1:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/1-7.htm">Leviticus 1:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/1-7.htm">Leviticus 1:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/1-7.htm">Leviticus 1:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/1-7.htm">Leviticus 1:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/1-7.htm">Leviticus 1:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/1-7.htm">Leviticus 1:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/1-7.htm">Leviticus 1:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/1-7.htm">Leviticus 1:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/1-7.htm">Leviticus 1:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/1-7.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 1:7 The sons of Aaron the priest shall (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/1-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 1:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 1:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/1-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 1:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 1:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>