^{6:8 (6:1)}¹⁷ Then the Lord spoke to Moses:¹⁸^6:9“Command Aaron and his sons, ‘This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering is to remain on the hearth¹⁹ on the altar all night until morning, and the fire of the altar must be kept burning on it.²⁰^6:10Then the priest must put on his linen robe and must put linen leggings²¹ over his bare flesh, and he must take up the fatty ashes of the burnt offering that the fire consumed on the altar,²² and he must place them²³ beside the altar. ^6:11Then he must take off his clothes and put on other clothes, and he must bring the fatty ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially²⁴ clean place, ^6:12but the fire which is on the altar must be kept burning on it.²⁵ It must not be extinguished. So the priest must kindle wood on it morning by morning, and he must arrange the burnt offering on it and offer the fat of the peace offering up in smoke on it. ^6:13A continual fire must be kept burning on the altar. It must not be extinguished.

The Grain Offering of the Common Person

^6:14“ ‘This is the law of the grain offering. The sons of Aaron are to present it²⁶ before the Lord in front of the altar,

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Footnotes

17 Lev 6:8 in the English Bible = 6:1 in the Hebrew text. See also the note on .
18 The following paragraphs are Lev 6:8–30 in the English Bible but 6:1–23 in the Hebrew text. This initial verse makes the special priestly regulations for the people’s burnt and grain offerings into a single unit (i.e., Lev 6:8–18 [6:1–11 ]; cf. Lev 1–2 above). Note also the separate introductions for various priestly regulations in Lev 6:19 [12 ], 24 [17 ], and for the common people in Lev 7:22, 28 below.
19 Heb “It is the burnt offering on the hearth.”
20 Heb “in it.” In this context “in it” apparently refers to the “hearth” which was on top of the altar.
21 The exact nature of this article of the priest’s clothing is difficult to determine. Cf. , “breeches”; “drawers”; , , , “undergarments”; “underclothes”; “underwear”; “shorts.”
22 Heb “he shall lift up the fatty ashes which the fire shall consume the burnt offering on the altar.”
23 Heb “it,” referring the “fatty ashes” as a single unit.
24 The word “ceremonially” has been supplied in the translation to clarify that the uncleanness of the place involved is ritual or ceremonial in nature.
25 Heb “in it,” apparently referring to the “hearth” which was on top of the altar (cf. the note on v. ).
26 Heb “offering it, the sons of Aaron.” The verb is a Hiphil infinitive absolute, which is used here in place of the finite verb as either a jussive ( §113.cc, “let the sons of Aaron offer”) or more likely an injunctive in light of the verbs that follow ( 2: §123.v, “the sons of Aaron shall/must offer”).