1 Kings 18:33
Good News Translation
Then he placed the wood on the altar, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, "Fill four jars with water and pour it on the offering and the wood." They did so,

New Revised Standard Version
Next he put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, “Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.”

Contemporary English Version
He placed the wood on the altar, then they cut the bull into pieces and laid the meat on the wood. He told the people, "Fill four large jars with water and pour it over the meat and the wood." After they did this,

New American Bible
When he had arranged the wood, he cut up the young bull and laid it on the wood.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he laid the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it upon the wood.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he laid the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it upon the wood.

he put

Genesis 22:9 And they came to the place which God had shewn him, where he built an altar, and laid the wood in order upon it; and when he had bound Isaac his son, he laid him on the altar upon the pile of wood.

Leviticus 1:6-8 And when they have flayed the victim, they shall cut the joints into pieces: . . .

fill four

Daniel 3:19,25 Then was Nabuchodonosor filled with fury: and the countenance of his face was changed against Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, and he commanded that the furnace should be heated seven times more than it had been accustomed to be heated. . . .

John 11:39,40 Jesus saith: Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith to him: Lord, by this time he stinketh, for he is now of four days. . . .

John 19:33,34 But after they were come to Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. . . .

pour it

Judges 6:20 And the angel of the Lord said to him: Take the flesh and the unleavened loaves, and lay them upon that rock, and pour out the broth thereon. And when he had done so,

Context
Elijah on Mount Carmel
32And he built with the stones an altar to the name of the Lord: and he made a trench for water, of the breadth of two furrows, round about the altar. 33And he laid the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it upon the wood.34And he said: Fill four buckets with water, and pour it upon the burnt offering, and upon the wood. And again he said: Do the same the second time. And when they had done it the second time, he said: Do the same also the third time. And they did so the third time.…
Cross References
Genesis 22:9
And they came to the place which God had shewn him, where he built an altar, and laid the wood in order upon it; and when he had bound Isaac his son, he laid him on the altar upon the pile of wood.

Leviticus 1:7
And shall put fire on the altar, having before laid in order a pile of wood.

Leviticus 1:8
And they shall lay the parts that are cut out in order thereupon: to wit, the head, and all things that cleave to the liver;

1 Kings 18:34
And he said: Fill four buckets with water, and pour it upon the burnt offering, and upon the wood. And again he said: Do the same the second time. And when they had done it the second time, he said: Do the same also the third time. And they did so the third time.

1 Kings 18:32
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