Leviticus 16:27
in Leviticus 16The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the bullock of the sin-offering, and the goat of the sin-offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall be carried forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.
KJV
And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.
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This verse in Leviticus 16
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe flesh of both those sin-offerings whose blood was taken within the veil was to be all burnt, not upon the altar, but at a distance without the camp, to signify both our putting away sin by true repentance, and the spirit of burning, and God's putting it away by a full remission, so that it shall never rise up in judgment against us.
This site's exposition
The man who released the goat as the scapegoat
on Leviticus 16:26-28
The bull and the goat whose blood went inside are burned outside the camp, away from the altar. Hebrews 13:11-13 describes this arrangement and says that Jesus suffered outside the gate for the same reason.
This site's exposition
must be taken outside the camp
These are the animals whose blood went into the Most Holy Place, and the whole of each is burned, hides and dung with the flesh. Matthew Henry reads the burning as a picture of sin put away by repentance and by God's full pardon.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The fat was ordered to be burnt upon the altar; the rest of the carcasses to be cut down and given to some priestly attendants to burn without the camp, in conformity with the general law for the sin offerings (Le 4:8-12;
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How the passage was read
On Leviticus 16:1-34On Leviticus 16:1-34
The day Israel still fasts
This chapter founds the Day of Atonement, in Hebrew Yom Kippur, the most solemn day of the Jewish year: the one day the high priest entered the innermost room of the sanctuary with blood for the nation's sins. With no Temple standing since AD 70, the day is kept now as a full fast: roughly 25 hours with no food or drink, most of it spent in synagogue prayer, many wearing white.
The Mishnah (the first code of Jewish oral law, about AD 200) defines the day's five abstentions: eating and drinking, washing, anointing, leather shoes, and marital relations (Yoma 8:1). It also carries a saying worth any reader's time: the day atones for sins between a person and God, “but for sins between a person and his fellow, the Day of Atonement does not atone until he has appeased his fellow” (Yoma 8:9). Reconciliation with people is homework done before the day.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Sources: Mishnah Yoma 8:1 (the five abstentions) · Mishnah Yoma 8:9 (appease your fellow first) · The Day of Atonement (this site's study)
The words behind it
24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵת֩ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| פַּ֨ר | par | [the] bull of | H6499 → | 132 times |
| הַֽחַטָּ֜את | hachatat | the sin offering | H2403 → | 295 times |
| וְאֵ֣ת׀ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׂעִ֣יר | seir | [the] male goat of | H8163 → | 59 times |
| הַֽחַטָּ֗את | hachatat | the sin offering | H2403 → | 295 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הוּבָ֤א | huva' | it was brought | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דָּמָם֙ | damam | blood their | H1818 → | 360 times |
| לְכַפֵּ֣ר | lekhaper | to make atonement | H3722 → | 102 times |
| בַּקֹּ֔דֶשׁ | bakodesh | in the holy place | H6944 → | 469 times |
| יוֹצִ֖יא | yotzi' | someone will bring out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מִח֣וּץ | michutz | from [the] outside | H2351 → | 164 times |
| לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה | lamachaneh | of the camp | H4264 → | 215 times |
| וְשָׂרְפ֣וּ | vesarefu | and people will burn | H8313 → | 117 times |
| בָאֵ֔שׁ | vaesh | with <the> fire | H784 → | 378 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֹרֹתָ֥ם | ʾorotam | hides their | H5785 → | 99 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּשָׂרָ֖ם | besaram | flesh their | H1320 → | 270 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| פִּרְשָֽׁם׃ | pirsham | offal their | H6569 → | 7 times |
וְאֵת֩and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
פַּ֨ר[the] bull of
parH6499 →132 times
הַֽחַטָּ֜אתthe sin offering
hachatatH2403 →295 times
וְאֵ֣ת׀and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שְׂעִ֣יר[the] male goat of
seirH8163 →59 times
הַֽחַטָּ֗אתthe sin offering
hachatatH2403 →295 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הוּבָ֤אit was brought
huva'H935 →2568 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דָּמָם֙blood their
damamH1818 →360 times
לְכַפֵּ֣רto make atonement
lekhaperH3722 →102 times
בַּקֹּ֔דֶשׁin the holy place
bakodeshH6944 →469 times
יוֹצִ֖יאsomeone will bring out
yotzi'H3318 →1067 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מִח֣וּץfrom [the] outside
michutzH2351 →164 times
לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑הof the camp
lamachanehH4264 →215 times
וְשָׂרְפ֣וּand people will burn
vesarefuH8313 →117 times
בָאֵ֔שׁwith <the> fire
vaeshH784 →378 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֹרֹתָ֥םhides their
ʾorotamH5785 →99 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
בְּשָׂרָ֖םflesh their
besaramH1320 →270 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
פִּרְשָֽׁם׃offal their
pirshamH6569 →7 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
Leviticus 8:17But the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded him.
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:11–12
But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs and its entrails and dung—
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 29:14
But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 4:11–12
Through
Leviticus 4:21Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.
it leads to
- Leviticus 16:15
Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood:…
- 1 Timothy 2:5–6
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
- Leviticus 16:15
Through
Leviticus 6:30But no sin offering may be eaten if its blood has been brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place; it must be burned.
it leads to
- Leviticus 16:27–28
The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides,…
- Leviticus 4:3–21
If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
- Hebrews 13:11
Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.
- Leviticus 10:18
Since its blood was not brought inside the holy place, you should have eaten it in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.”
- Leviticus 16:27–28
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Sir Robert Anderson, Types in Hebrews.
