Leviticus 1:7 - Exposition

The priest shall put fire upon the altar. The fire once kindled was never to be allowed to go out ( Leviticus 6:13 ). 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.