And the priest who offers anyone’s burnt offering, that priest shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has offered.
Parallel translations
- WEB The priest who offers any man’s burnt offering, even the priest shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has offered.
- KJV And the priest that offereth any man’s burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered.
- BSB As for the priest who presents a burnt offering for anyone, the hide of that offering belongs to him.
- NASB Also the priest who presents anyone’s burnt offering, that priest shall have for himself the hide of the burnt offering which he has presented.
- NLT In the case of the burnt offering, the priest may keep the hide of the sacrificed animal.
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Quick answer
The priest who presents a worshiper's burnt offering keeps the animal's hide. It provided practical support for the priesthood from the offerings they served.
Overview
The whole burnt offering was consumed on the altar, but its skin was given to the officiating priest as a usable portion. This modest provision honored God's appointed servants without diminishing the offering wholly given to Him. It reflects the wider biblical pattern that those who minister holy things should share in them, fulfilled in Christ who both offers Himself and ministers as priest.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Lev 1:6He shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into pieces.
- Gen 3:21Yahweh God made coats of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.
- Exod 29:14But the meat of the bull, and its skin, and its dung, you shall burn with fire outside of the camp: it is a sin offering.
- Lev 4:11The bull’s skin, all its meat, with its head, and with its legs, its innards, and its dung,
- Rom 13:14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
- Num 19:5One shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her meat, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn.
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