Then you are to take away the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the appointed part of the temple area outside the sanctuary.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall also take the bull of the sin offering, and it shall be burned in the appointed place of the house, outside of the sanctuary.
- KJV Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.
- NKJV Then you shall also take the bull of the sin offering, and burn it in the appointed place of the temple, outside the sanctuary.
- NASB You shall also take the bull as the sin offering, and it shall be burned in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary.
- NLT Then take the young bull for the sin offering and burn it at the appointed place outside the Temple area.
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Quick answer
The bull of the sin offering is burned in an appointed place outside the sanctuary itself.
Overview
The sin-offering carcass is consumed away from the holy place, following the pattern of the Mosaic law for such sacrifices. This separation underscores the gravity of sin being removed from God's presence. Hebrews 13:11-12 draws on this very pattern, noting that Jesus suffered 'outside the gate' to sanctify His people by His blood.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Exod 29:14But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
- Lev 4:12all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he must burn it on a wood fire on the ash heap.
- Heb 13:11–12Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.
- Lev 8:17But the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded him.
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