But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Parallel translations
- WEB But the bull, and its skin, and its meat, and its dung, he burned with fire outside the camp; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- BSB But the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded him.
- NKJV But the bull, its hide, its flesh, and its offal, he burned with fire outside the camp, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
- NASB But the bull and its hide, its flesh, and its refuse he burned in the fire outside the camp, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
- NLT He took the rest of the bull, including its hide, meat, and dung, and burned it on a fire outside the camp, just as the Lord had commanded him.
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Quick answer
The rest of the bull is burned outside the camp, as the LORD commanded. The remainder of the sin offering is disposed of away from the sanctuary.
Overview
Burning the body outside the camp marked the removal of sin from the community. Hebrews 13:11-12 draws on this, noting that Jesus also suffered outside the gate to sanctify His people by His own blood. Thus this detail points directly to Christ bearing sin away for us.
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Cross-references · 7
- Lev 4:11–12And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- Gal 3:13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
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