The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 6:8-30
Instructions on the offerings for the priests. Leviticus 6:13 , "The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out." I. THE PERPETUITY OF RELIGIOUS OBLIGATION . 1 . As springing out of the relation between man and God, as underlying the whole of human existence. "In him we live, and move, and have our being." 2 . The all-embracing love of God. The fire came originally from him, and must be kept up to betoken his ceaseless care of his... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 6:8-30
Quench not the Spirit. Cf. Ephesians 4:30 ; I Thessalonians Ephesians 5:19 . We have here sundry sacrificial laws enabling us the better to understand the details of the preceding sacrifices; but the cardinal idea in them all, as we shall now see, is that which heads this homily, "Quench not the Spirit." And— I. THE FIRE OF THE BURNT OFFERING WAS TO BE CAREFULLY PRESERVED , SO THAT IT SHOULD NEVER GO OUT . This necessitated a regular removal of... read more