Leviticus 4:21

Leviticus 4:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And 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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then he shall take the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull. This is the sin offering for the community.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he shall carry the bull outside the camp and burn it up as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he shall carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is a sin offering for the assembly.

Context of Leviticus 4:21

19“‘Then the priest must take all its fat and offer the fat up in smoke on the altar. 20He must do with the rest of the bull just as he did with the bull of the sin offering; this is what he must do with it. So the priest will make atonement on their behalf and they will be forgiven. He must bring the rest of the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull – it is the sin offering of the assembly. 22“‘Whenever a leader, by straying unintentionally, sins and violates one of the commandments of the Lord his God which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty, 23or his sin that he committed is made known to him, he must bring a flawless male goat as his offering.

Leviticus 4:21 word by word

וְהוֹצִ֣יא אֶת־הַפָּ֗ר אֶל־מִחוּץ֙ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְשָׂרַ֣ף אֹת֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׂרַ֔ף אֵ֖ת הַפָּ֣ר הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן חַטַּ֥את הַקָּהָ֖ל הֽוּא׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he shall carry forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• the bullockפַּרpar pâr · bullockH6499
• withoutחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• and burnשָׂרַףώâraph · to burnH8313
• the firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
• a sin offeringחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sin: sin offeringH2403
• for the congregationקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951

Cross-references for Leviticus 4:21

• Leviticus 4:11But the hide of the bull, all its flesh along with its head and its legs, its entrails, and its dung –
• Leviticus 16:15“He must then slaughter the sin offering goat which is for the people. He is to bring its blood inside the veil-canopy, and he is to do with its blood just as he did to the blood of the bull: He is to sprinkle it on the atonement plate and in front of the atonement plate.
• 2 Chronicles 29:21They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. The king told the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer burnt sacrifices on the altar of the Lord.
• Ezra 8:35The exiles who were returning from the captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel – twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven male lambs, along with twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord.
• Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
• 2 Corinthians 5:21God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.
• 1 Timothy 2:5For there is one God and one intermediary between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human,

Commentaries on Leviticus 4:21

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-21Verses 13-21 If the leaders of the people, through mistake, caused them to err, an offering must be brought, that wrath might not come upon the whole congregation. When sacrifices were offered, the persons, on whose behalf they were devoted, were to lay their hands on the heads of the victims, and to confess their sins. The elders were to do so, when the sacrifices were offered for the whole congregation. The load of sin was supposed then to be borne by…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-21These verses describe two types of sin offerings: The offering for the sin of the high priest (Leviticus 4:3, 20) and the entire Israelite community (4:13). The offering for one of Israel’s leaders (4:22) and any common person (4:27). The first type required a bull, a large and expensive animal. It was not eaten (6:30) but completely burned (4:12, 21). The priests presented some of its blood in the Holy Place (4:6–7, 17–18). The second type required a…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-2113-21. if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance--In consequence of some culpable neglect or misapprehension of the law, the people might contract national guilt, and then national expiation was necessary. The same sacrifice was to be offered as in the former case, but with this difference in the ceremonial, that the elders or heads of the tribes, as representing the people and being the principal aggressors in misleading the congregation…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 4:21

• Ignorance
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Sin Offering
• Dip
• Fire
• Sanctuary
• Sinoffering
• Congregation
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of
• Ezekiel
• Genesis

Commentaries on Leviticus 4

• 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