Leviticus 6
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The Fire That Never Goes Out

The audience changes here. Chapters 1 to 5 tell a worshipper what to bring; from this point the instructions are addressed to the priests — how to handle each offering, what to wear, what to eat and where. Two things stand out. The altar fire is to burn continually and never go out, said twice in two verses, and the text gives the method, which is a duty roster: someone burns wood on it every morning. And a large part of the chapter is about income. The priests have no tribal land, so what they receive from the offerings is what they live on — a detail that turns a set of ritual rules into an employment contract.

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