Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:
The wood offering
At times
As it is written
Bible References
Cast
1 Chronicles 24:5
Both groups were divided impartially by drawing lots so that there were officers for the holy place and officers for God among both Eleazar's and Ithamar's descendants.
1 Chronicles 25:8
They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.
Proverbs 18:18
The cast lot causes contentions to cease and decides between the mighty ones.
The wood offering
Leviticus 6:12
The fire must always be burning on the altar. It must never go out. The priest will burn wood on it every morning. He will lay the burnt offering on the fire and burn the fat of the fellowship offering.
Joshua 9:27
Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, even to this day, in the place he should choose.
Isaiah 40:16
Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires, nor its animals enough for burnt offerings.
At times
Hebrews 10:3
These sacrifices are an annual reminder of sin.
As it is written
Leviticus 6:12
The fire must always be burning on the altar. It must never go out. The priest will burn wood on it every morning. He will lay the burnt offering on the fire and burn the fat of the fellowship offering.