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.
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.
- KJV But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the LORD 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.
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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 4:11–12The bull’s skin, all its meat, with its head, and with its legs, its innards, and its dung,
- 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 6:30No sin offering, of which any of the blood is brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be eaten: it shall be burned with fire.
- Lev 4:21He shall carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.
- Heb 13:11–13For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside of the camp.
- Lev 16:27The bull for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be carried outside the camp; and they shall burn their skins, their flesh, and their dung with fire.
- Gal 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”
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