God’s Word Translation
Leviticus 6:11
11Then he will take off these clothes and put on some others. He will take the ashes to a clean place outside the camp.
Leviticus 6:11 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)Then he is to take off these clothes and put on others, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a place that is ceremonially clean.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then he shall take off his garments and put on other garments and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then he shall take off his garments, put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.
Context of Leviticus 6:11
9“Command Aaron and his sons: These are the instructions for the burnt offering that stays on the altar overnight while the altar fire is kept burning. 10“The priest must put on his linen clothes, including his linen undergarments. Then he will remove the ashes left on the altar from the fire that consumed the burnt offering and will put them next to the altar. Then he will take off these clothes and put on some others. He will take the ashes to a clean place outside the camp. 12The fire must always be burning on the altar. It must never go out. The priest will burn wood on it every morning. He will lay the burnt offering on the fire and burn the fat of the fellowship offering. 13The fire must always be burning on the altar. It must never go out.
Read all of Leviticus 6Leviticus 6:11 word by word
וּפָשַׁט֙ אֶת־בְּגָדָ֔יו וְלָבַ֖שׁ בְּגָדִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים וְהוֹצִ֤יא אֶת־הַדֶּ֙שֶׁן֙ אֶל־מִח֣וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה אֶל־מָק֖וֹם טָהֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And he shall put offפָּשַׁטpâshaţ · to stripH6584
- his garmentsבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
- and put onלָבֵשׁlâbash lâbêsh · to clotheH3847
- otherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
- and carry forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
- the ashesדֶּ֫שֶׁןdeshen · ashesH1880
- withoutחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
- the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
- unto a cleanטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889
- placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
Cross-references for Leviticus 6:11
- Leviticus 16:23“Then Aaron will go to the tent of meeting, take off the linen clothes he had put on to go into the holy place, and leave them there.
- Ezekiel 44:19When they go out among the people in the outer courtyard, they must take off the clothes that they wore as they served. They must leave their clothes in the side rooms of the holy place and put on other clothes so that they do not transfer the holiness from their clothes to the people.
- Leviticus 4:12to a clean place outside the camp where the ashes are dumped. He will burn it there on a wood fire.
- Leviticus 14:40the priest must order the stones that have the mildew to be torn out and thrown outside the city in an unclean place.
- Leviticus 16:27He must take the bull and the goat outside the camp. These animals were the offering for sin whose blood was brought into the holy place to make peace with the Lord for sins. The skin, meat, and excrement from the animals must be burned.
- Hebrews 13:11The chief priest brings the blood of animals into the holy place as an offering for sin. But the bodies of those animals were burned outside the Israelite camp.
Commentaries on Leviticus 6:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11And put on other garments - The priests approached the altar in their holiest garments; when carrying the ashes, etc., from the altar, they put on other garments, the holy garments being only used in the holy place. Clean place - A place where no dead carcasses, dung, or filth of any kind was laid; for the ashes were holy, as being the remains of the offerings made by fire unto the Lord.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 The daily sacrifice of a lamb is chiefly referred to. The priest must take care of the fire upon the altar. The first fire upon the altar came from heaven, ch. 9:24; by keeping that up continually, all their sacrifices might be said to be consumed with the fire from heaven, in token of God's acceptance. Thus should the fire of our holy affections, the exercise of our faith and love, of prayer and praise, be without ceasing.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The Israelites viewed most natural places as ceremonially clean.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-139. Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This ... law of the burnt offering--In this passage Moses received instructions to be delivered to the priests respecting their official duties, and first the burnt offering--Hebrew, "a sacrifice, which went up in smoke." The daily service consisted of two lambs, one offered in the morning at sunrise, the other in the evening, when the day began to decline. Both of them were consumed on the altar by means of a slow…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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