Leviticus 4:11-12

11 'But ¹the hide of the bull and all its flesh with its head and its legs and its entrails and its refuse,

12 that is, all the rest of the bull, he is to bring out to ²a clean place outside * the camp where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire; where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned.

Leviticus 4:11-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 4

This chapter contains the law of the sin offering, which was offered for sins committed through ignorance, error, and mistake, Le 4:1,2 and gives an account of the matter of them, and the rites belonging thereunto, which were different according to the persons for whom it was made, as for the anointed priest, Le 4:3-12 for the whole congregation, Le 4:13-21 and for the ruler, Le 4:22-26 and for any of the common people, Le 4:27-35.

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 9:11; Numbers 19:5
• 2. Leviticus 4:21; Leviticus 6:10, 11; Leviticus 16:27

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "and"
• [b] Or "fat ashes are"
• [c] Or "fat ashes are"