SEV Biblia, Chapter 6:12
Y el fuego encendido sobre el altar no se apagará, sino que el sacerdote pondrá en él leña cada mañana, y acomodará sobre él el holocausto, y quemará sobre él los sebos de la paz.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 12. And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it, it shall not be put out , etc.] There were three fires, or piles of wood for fire continually; the first was a large one, on which the daily sacrifice was burnt; the second less, and called the pile of the incense, because they took from it fire in a censer to burn the morning and evening incense; and the third was only for preserving the fire that it might not go out: and of this it is written, ( Leviticus 6:12) f141 ; and Maimonides observes, that some say, the first of these is meant by the burning all night, ( Leviticus 6:9) and the second by the fire of the altar burning in it, ( Leviticus 6:12) but his own sense is, the third is meant by it; and in the sense of R. Joses, these three fires were all burning upon the altar; the first was towards the east side of the altar, the second towards the southwest, as being nearer to the rise of the altar, where the priests were, and the third was made in any part of the altar as was thought fit f143 ; and this is the fire not to be put out, and he that quenched it, though but one coal, was to be beaten, yea, though it be brought down from the altar f144 : and the priest shall burn wood in it every morning : until the fourth hour of the day, according to the Targum of Jonathan; that is, unto ten o’clock in the morning: and lay the burnt offering in order upon it ; both morning and evening, and as often as any sacrifices of that kind were offered up: and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings ; that which was upon the inwards and covered them, and upon the kidneys, and flanks, and caul of the liver; (see Leviticus 3:3,4).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 8-13 - The daily sacrifice of a lamb is chiefly referred to. The priest mus take care of the fire upon the altar. The first fire upon the alta came from heaven, ch. 9:24; by keeping that up continually, all their sacrifices might be said to be consumed with the fire from heaven, i token of God's acceptance. Thus should the fire of our holy affections the exercise of our faith and love, of prayer and praise, be withou ceasing.
Original Hebrew
והאשׁ 784 על 5921 המזבח 4196 תוקד 3344 בו לא 3808 תכבה 3518 ובער 1197 עליה 5921 הכהן 3548 עצים 6086 בבקר 1242 בבקר 1242 וערך 6186 עליה 5921 העלה 5930 והקטיר 6999 עליה 5921 חלבי 2459 השׁלמים׃ 8002
