¹² The fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must not go out. Every morning the priest is to add firewood^(A) and arrange the burnt offering on the fire and burn the fat^(B) of the fellowship offerings^(C) on it.

¹³ The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not go out.

⁵ “You are to be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the altar,^(A) so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelites again.

¹⁵ “‘But the Levitical priests, who are descendants of Zadok^(A) and who guarded my sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from me, are to come near to minister before me; they are to stand before me to offer sacrifices of fat^(B) and blood, declares the Sovereign Lord.^(C)