Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall give her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her outside of the camp, and one shall kill her before his face.
- KJV And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:
- NKJV You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, that he may take it outside the camp, and it shall be slaughtered before him;
- NASB And you shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be brought outside the camp and be slaughtered in his presence.
- NLT Give it to Eleazar the priest, and it will be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.
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Quick answer
The heifer was given to Eleazar the priest and slaughtered outside the camp.
Overview
Unlike most sacrifices, the heifer was killed outside the camp, marking this offering's distinct character connected with death and defilement. The priest oversaw the procedure to ensure it was done rightly. The New Testament draws on this 'outside the camp' theme to describe Christ, who suffered outside the gate to sanctify His people (Hebrews 13:11-12).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Num 5:2“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.
- Num 15:36So the whole congregation took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Num 3:4Nadab and Abihu, however, died in the presence of the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai. And since they had no sons, only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.
- Lev 24:14“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
- 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.
- Lev 13:45–46A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’
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