New King James Version
Leviticus 4:11
11But the bull’s hide and all its flesh, with its head and legs, its entrails and offal—
Leviticus 4:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,
- New International Version (NIV)But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, as well as the head and legs, the internal organs and the intestines—
- English Standard Version (ESV)But the skin of the bull and all its flesh, with its head, its legs, its entrails, and its dung—
- New Living Translation (NLT)But he must take whatever is left of the bull—its hide, meat, head, legs, internal organs, and dung—
Context of Leviticus 4:11
9the two kidneys and the fat that is on them by the flanks, and the fatty lobe attached to the liver above the kidneys, he shall remove, 10as it was taken from the bull of the sacrifice of the peace offering; and the priest shall burn them on the altar of the burnt offering. But the bull’s hide and all its flesh, with its head and legs, its entrails and offal— 12the whole bull he shall carry outside the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire; where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned. 13‘Now if the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally, and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done something against any of the commandments of the Lord in anything which should not be done, and are guilty;
Read all of Leviticus 4Leviticus 4:11 word by word
וְאֶת־ע֤וֹר הַפָּר֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־בְּשָׂר֔וֹ עַל־רֹאשׁ֖וֹ וְעַל־כְּרָעָ֑יו וְקִרְבּ֖וֹ וּפִרְשֽׁוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 4:11
- Leviticus 4:21Then 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.
- Leviticus 6:30But no sin offering from which any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of meeting, to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten. It shall be burned in the fire.
- Leviticus 8:14And he brought the bull for the sin offering. Then Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering,
- Leviticus 9:8Aaron therefore went to the altar and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
- Leviticus 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 in the fire their skins, their flesh, and their offal.
- Exodus 29:14But the flesh of the bull, with its skin and its offal, you shall burn with fire outside the camp. It is a sin offering.
- Numbers 19:5Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight: its hide, its flesh, its blood, and its offal shall be burned.
- Psalms 103:12As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
- Hebrews 13:11For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp.
Commentaries on Leviticus 4:11
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12They would only burn the offerings for the priest or the entire community outside the camp. God might have commanded this because the offering had symbolically taken on the impurity (uncleanness) of the high priest or the community. So, they had to remove it outside the camp. The guilty people could not participate in or gain any benefit from their own sin offerings. This was true even for priests (Leviticus 6:19–23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh--In ordinary circumstances, these were perquisites of the priests. But in the expiation necessary for a sin of the high priest, after the fat of the sacrifice was offered on the altar, the carcass was carried without the camp [Le 4:12], in order that the total combustion of it in the place of ashes might the more strikingly indicate the enormity of the transgression, and the horror with which he regarded it…Read the comment
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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
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