Leviticus 1:6
in Leviticus 1Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.
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ASV
And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces.
KJV
And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.
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This verse in Leviticus 1
Commentary
7 notes on this verseHe shall flay - Probably meaning the person who brought the sacrifice, who, according to some of the rabbins, killed, flayed, cut up, and washed the sacrifice, and then presented the parts and the blood to the priest, that he might burn the one, and sprinkle the other upon the altar. But it is certain that the priests also, and the Levites, flayed the victims, and the priest had the skin to himself; see Lev 7:8, and 2Ch 29:34. The red heifer alone was not flayed, but the whole body, with the skin, etc., consumed with fire. See Num 19:5.
This site's exposition
he shall kill the bullock
on Leviticus 1:5-6
The man who brought the animal is the one who kills it, and the priests take over at the blood. He also flays it and cuts it into its pieces, so his part runs from the hand on the head to the carcase laid open. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read the pouring out of the blood as the essential part of the sacrifice and the sprinkling of it as the application.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
We strip off the skin of a victim when we remove the illusion of virtue from the eyes of our mind. We cut its limbs into pieces when we carefully distinguish the content of a virtue and ponder it step by step. We should take …
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
PateriusEXPOSITION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, LEVITICUS 1 · Written before 606.
proposed
We strip off the skin of a victim when we remove the illusion of virtue from the eyes of our mind. We cut its limbs into pieces when we carefully distinguish the content of a virtue and ponder it step by step. We should take …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And he shall flay the burnt offering,....
He rested, and was refreshed with these institutions of his grace, as, at first, with his works of creation ( Exod. xxxi. 17 ), rejoicing therein, Ps. civ. Christ's offering of himself to God is said to be of a sweet-smelling savour ( Eph. v. 2 ), and the spiritual sacrifices of Christians are said to be acceptable to God, through Christ, 1 Pet. ii.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And he shall flay - The sacrificer, or his assistant, had to skin and cut up the victim. The hide was the gratuity of the officiating priest. Lev 7:8. His pieces - That is, its proper pieces, the parts into which it was usual for a sacrificed animal to be divided.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִפְשִׁ֖יט | vehifshit | and he will skin | H6584 → | 43 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָעֹלָ֑ה | haolah | the burnt offering | H5930 → | 287 times |
| וְנִתַּ֥ח | venitach | and he will cut in pieces | H5408 → | 8 times |
| אֹתָ֖הּ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לִנְתָחֶֽיהָ׃ | lintacheiha | into pieces its | H5409 → | 13 times |
וְהִפְשִׁ֖יטand he will skin
vehifshitH6584 →43 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָעֹלָ֑הthe burnt offering
haolahH5930 →287 times
וְנִתַּ֥חand he will cut in pieces
venitachH5408 →8 times
אֹתָ֖הּ<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
לִנְתָחֶֽיהָ׃into pieces its
lintacheihaH5409 →13 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 3:21And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.
it leads to
- Isaiah 61:10
I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom…
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:2–3
For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,
- Genesis 3:7
And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.
- Romans 3:22
And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
- Isaiah 61:10
Through
Leviticus 7:8As for the priest who presents a burnt offering for anyone, the hide of that offering belongs to him.
it leads to
- Numbers 19:5
Then the heifer must be burned in his sight. Its hide, its flesh, and its blood are to be burned, along with its dung.
- Genesis 3:21
And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.
- Romans 13:14
Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
- Numbers 19:5
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Pacian of Barcelona, Commentary (church-history corpus) and Paterius, EXPOSITION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, LEVITICUS 1.