And he is to remove the crop with its contents and throw it to the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes.
Parallel translations
- WEB and he shall take away its crop with its filth, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes.
- KJV And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:
- NKJV And he shall remove its crop with its feathers and cast it beside the altar on the east side, into the place for ashes.
- NASB He shall also remove its craw with its feathers and throw it beside the altar eastward, to the place of the fatty ashes.
- NLT The priest must also remove the crop and the feathers and throw them in the ashes on the east side of the altar.
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Quick answer
The bird's crop and refuse are removed and cast aside in the place of ashes. Even in the humblest offering, impurity must be removed before God.
Overview
The careful disposal of the unclean parts shows that holiness governs every detail of worship, even with the smallest sacrifice. What is unfit is set apart from what ascends to God. This attention to purity reflects God's holiness and anticipates the perfect purity of Christ's offering, in which nothing needed removing (1 Peter 1:19).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Heb 13:11–14Although 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 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.
- Lev 16:27The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up.
- Luke 1:35The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
- 1 Pet 1:2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
- Lev 6:10–11And the priest shall put on his linen robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed and place them beside it.
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