And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,
Parallel translations
- WEB The bull’s skin, all its meat, with its head, and with its legs, its innards, and its dung,
- BSB But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs and its entrails and 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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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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- Num 19:5And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
- Exod 29:14But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.
- Ps 103:12As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
- Lev 6:30And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
- 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.
- Lev 8:14–17And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lev 9:8–11Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
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