But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs and its entrails and dung—
Parallel translations
- WEB The bull’s skin, all its meat, with its head, and with its legs, its innards, and its dung,
- KJV And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,
- NKJV But the bull’s hide and all its flesh, with its head and legs, its entrails and offal—
- NASB But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, along with its head, its legs, its entrails, and its refuse,
- NLT But he must take whatever is left of the bull—its hide, meat, head, legs, internal organs, and dung—
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Quick answer
The bull's skin, flesh, head, legs, organs, and dung are gathered. The entire remaining body is set apart for disposal outside the camp.
Overview
Unlike the burnt offering, the body of the sin-offering bull was not burned on the altar but designated for removal. This marked the offering as bearing sin that must be carried away from the holy camp. The carrying of the sin-bearer outside the camp prefigures Christ, who 'suffered outside the gate' to sanctify His people by His blood (Hebrews 13:11-12).
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Cross-references · 9
- Num 19:5Then the heifer must be burned in his sight. Its hide, its flesh, and its blood are to be burned, along with its dung.
- Exod 29:14But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
- Ps 103:12As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
- Lev 6:30But no sin offering may be eaten if its blood has been brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place; it must be burned.
- Heb 13:11–13Although 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 8:14–17Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
- 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.
- Lev 4:21Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.
- Lev 9:8–11So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself.
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