But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.
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- WEB But the meat of the bull, and its skin, and its dung, you shall burn with fire outside of the camp: it is a sin offering.
- BSB But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
- NKJV But the flesh of the bull, with its skin and its offal, you shall burn with fire outside the camp. It is a sin offering.
- NASB But the flesh of the bull and its hide and its refuse, you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
- NLT Then take the rest of the bull, including its hide, meat, and dung, and burn it outside the camp as a sin offering.
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Quick answer
The bull's flesh, skin, and dung were burned outside the camp, for it was a sin offering. The sin offering was removed from God's presence as bearing defilement.
Overview
Burning the sin offering outside the camp showed that sin must be put away from the holy community. The animal bore the people's guilt and was disposed of apart from the dwelling of God. Hebrews 13:11-12 applies this to Christ, who 'suffered outside the gate' to sanctify his people by his own blood.
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Cross-references · 19
- Lev 4:11–12And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,
- Lev 4:21And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.
- Exod 30:10And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.
- 2 Chr 29:24And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
- Heb 13:11–13For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
- Ezra 8:35Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.
- Lev 4:25And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.
- Lev 16:3Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
- Lev 9:2And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.
- Num 7:16One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
- Lev 5:8And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder:
- Lev 4:3If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.
- Lev 4:29And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.
- Lev 6:25Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy.
- Lev 4:32And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
- Lev 16:11And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:
- Lev 5:6And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.
- Lev 8:17But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Lev 16:27And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.
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