Leviticus 9:24
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24 [a]Fire came forth from the Lord’s presence and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar.(A) Seeing this, all the people shouted with joy and fell prostrate.
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- 9:24 The theophany consists of a fire that apparently comes from the tent of meeting. God’s fiery glory is also manifested in the pillar of cloud and fire that led the Israelites and rested over the tent of meeting (Ex 13:21; 40:38; Nm 9:15–23; 10:11). On God’s fiery glory, see also Ex 24:17; Ez 1:27–28.
Judges 6:21
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21 the messenger of the Lord stretched out the tip of the staff he held. When he touched the meat and unleavened cakes, a fire came up from the rock and consumed the meat and unleavened cakes. Then the messenger of the Lord disappeared from sight.
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1 Kings 18:38
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38 The Lord’s fire came down and devoured the burnt offering, wood, stones, and dust, and lapped up the water in the trench.
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2 Chronicles 7:1
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1 (A)When Solomon had ended his prayer, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offerings and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the house.
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2 Maccabees 2:10-12
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10 Just as Moses prayed to the Lord and fire descended from the sky and consumed the sacrifices, so also Solomon prayed and fire came down and consumed the burnt offerings.(A) 11 [a]Moses had said, “Because it had not been eaten, the purification offering was consumed.”(B) 12 Solomon also celebrated the feast in the same way for eight days.
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- 2:11 The statement attributed here to Moses seems to be based on Lv 10:16–20.
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