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Leviticus 6:8
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6 And he shall bring his trespass offering to the Lord, aa ram without blemish from the flock, with your1 valuation, as a trespass offering, to the priest.  
7 aSo the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any one of these things that he may have done in which he trespasses.”  

The Law of the Burnt Offering

8 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
9 “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the alaw of the burnt offering: The burnt offering shall be on the hearth upon the altar all night until morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.  
10 aAnd the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen trousers he shall put on his body, and take up the ashes of the burnt offering which the fire has consumed on the altar, and he shall put them bbeside the altar.  
11 Then ahe shall take off his garments, put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp bto a clean place.  
12 And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be put out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order on it; and he shall burn on it the afat of the peace offerings.  
13 A fire shall always be burning on the aaltar; it shall never go out.  
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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Leviticus 6:8.

Leviticus 6:8-11

Can you see it? The fire had its source in God. It was therefore the only fire that was acceptable in use to worship Him. It was the only fire that was acceptable for use in service to Him, to make an offering to Him. We can only give back what He has given to us as an acceptable offering.

Remember that. Remember He told them before in Numbers 16:37 or 38 to just take it out there and scatter it. Now we see a change. It had to go to a clean place. Even the ashes from the fire had to be taken to a clean place.

That is one thing we can get from this. The second thing is that the priest even had to wear special clothing during the service of dumping the ashes, and then the ashes had to be taken to a clean place, not just any old dump. You do not treat even the ashes that come from the fire under God's altar as if they are common. They were not common. The ashes were holy ashes.

Excerpted from Sanctification and Holiness (Part 4)

 
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