Then he must take off his garments, put on other clothes, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place.
Parallel translations
- WEB He shall take off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.
- KJV And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
- NKJV Then he shall take off his garments, put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.
- NASB Then he shall take off his garments and put on other garments, and carry the fatty ashes outside the camp to a clean place.
- NLT Then he must take off these garments, change back into his regular clothes, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a place that is ceremonially clean.
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Quick answer
He changes garments and carries the ashes outside the camp to a clean place. What has served at the altar is disposed of with care and order.
Overview
The priest sets aside his holy garments before carrying the ashes outside to a clean place, guarding the distinction between sacred and common. Order and reverence govern even the removal of remains. The repeated movement 'outside the camp' quietly anticipates Christ, who bore our sin outside the gate (Hebrews 13:11-12).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ezek 44:19When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they are to take off the garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.
- 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 13:11–13Although 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 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 14:40–41he must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.
- Lev 16:23–24Then Aaron is to enter the Tent of Meeting, take off the linen garments he put on before entering the Most Holy Place, and leave them there.
- 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.
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