Leviticus 4:12
New International Version
that is, all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a place ceremonially clean, where the ashes are thrown, and burn it there in a wood fire on the ash heap.

New Living Translation
and carry it away to a place outside the camp that is ceremonially clean, the place where the ashes are dumped. There, on the ash heap, he will burn it on a wood fire.

English Standard Version
all the rest of the bull—he shall carry outside the camp to a clean place, to the ash heap, and shall burn it up on a fire of wood. On the ash heap it shall be burned up.

Berean Standard Bible
all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he must burn it on a wood fire on the ash heap.

King James Bible
Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.

New King James Version
the 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.

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

NASB 1995
that is, all the rest of the bull, he is to bring out to a 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.

NASB 1977
that is, all the rest of the bull, he is to bring out to a 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.

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

Amplified Bible
that is, all the rest of the bull, he is to bring outside the camp to a clean place where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on a fire of wood. Where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned.

Christian Standard Bible
all the rest of the bull—he must bring to a ceremonially clean place outside the camp to the ash heap, and must burn it on a wood fire. It is to be burned at the ash heap.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
all the rest of the bull—he must bring to a ceremonially clean place outside the camp to the ash heap, and must burn it on a wood fire. It is to be burned at the ash heap.”

American Standard Version
even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall it be burnt.

English Revised Version
even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall it be burnt.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
to a clean place outside the camp where the ashes are dumped. He will burn it there on a wood fire.

Good News Translation
carry it all outside the camp to the ritually clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he shall burn it on a wood fire.

International Standard Version
along with the rest of the bull, he is to bring it outside the camp to a clean place, where fat ashes are to be poured over it and then it is to be thoroughly burned over wood with fire. It is to be burned where the fat ashes are poured out."

Majority Standard Bible
all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he must burn it on a wood fire on the ash heap.

NET Bible
all the rest of the bull--he must bring outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place, to the fatty ash pile, and he must burn it on a wood fire; it must be burned on the fatty ash pile.

New Heart English Bible
even the whole bull shall he carry forth 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.

World English Bible
—all the rest of the bull—outside of the camp to a clean place where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire. It shall be burned where the ashes are poured out.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
he has even brought out the whole bullock to the outside of the camp, to a clean place, to the place of the pouring out of the ashes, and he has burned it on the wood with fire; it is burned beside the place of the pouring out of the ashes.

Young's Literal Translation
he hath even brought out the whole bullock unto the outside of the camp, unto a clean place, unto the place of the pouring out of the ashes, and he hath burnt it on the wood with fire; beside the place of the pouring out of the ashes it is burnt.

Smith's Literal Translation
And he brought forth all the bullock to from without the camp to a clean place, to the pouring out of the ashes, and burnt it upon the wood in fire: upon the pouring out of the ashes it shall be burnt.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the rest of the body he shall carry forth without the camp into a clean place where the ashes are wont to be poured out, and he shall burn them upon a pile of wood, they shall be burnt in the place where the ashes are poured out.

Catholic Public Domain Version
and the remainder of the body, he shall carry away, beyond the camp, to the clean place where the ashes are usually poured out. And he shall burn them upon a stack of wood. There, in the place where the ashes have been poured out, they will be burned.

New American Bible
that is, the whole bull, shall be brought outside the camp to a clean place where the ashes are deposited and there be burned in a wood fire. At the place of the ash heap, there it must be burned.

New Revised Standard Version
all the rest of the bull—he shall carry out to a clean place outside the camp, to the ash heap, and shall burn it on a wood fire; at the ash heap it shall be burned.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
The whole bullock he shall carry forth outside the camp to a clean place where the ashes are poured out and shall burn it on the wood which is upon the fire; where the ashes are poured out it shall be burnt.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
He shall take all of the bull outside of the camp to a place that is clean, to the place where they were casting the ashes, and he shall burn it on wood upon fire where they were casting the ashes and it will burn up.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire; where the ashes are poured out shall it be burnt.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and they shall carry out the whole calf out of the camp into a clean place, where they pour out the ashes, and they shall consume it there on wood with fire: it shall be burnt on the ashes poured out.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Laws for Sin Offerings
11But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs and its entrails and dung— 12all the rest of the bull— he must take outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he must burn it on a wood fire on the ash heap. 13Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is forbidden,…

Cross References
Hebrews 13:11-12
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. / And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.

Numbers 19:3-5
Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence. / Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting. / Then the heifer must be burned in his sight. Its hide, its flesh, and its blood are to be burned, along with its dung.

Exodus 29:14
But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.

Leviticus 16:27
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, flesh, and dung must be burned up.

Numbers 19:9
Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; this is for purification from sin.

Hebrews 9:13-14
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, / how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

2 Chronicles 29:21
They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

Isaiah 53:10
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.

John 19:17
Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

Matthew 27:33
And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull,

Mark 15:22
They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull.

Luke 23:33
When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.

1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

Romans 8:3
For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,

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.


Treasury of Scripture

Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.

Leviticus 13:46
All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.

Numbers 5:3
Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.

Numbers 15:35
And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.

the ashes

Leviticus 6:10,11
And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar…

burn him

Exodus 29:14
But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.

Numbers 19:5
And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:

Hebrews 13:11
For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.

where the ashes are poured out.

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Leviticus 4
1. The sin offering of ignorance
3. for the priest
13. for the congregation
22. for the ruler
27. for any of the people














all the rest of the bull
This phrase refers to the remains of the sacrificial bull after the fat and certain organs have been removed for the offering. In the Hebrew context, the word for "rest" (שְׁאָר, she'ar) implies what is left over or remaining. The bull, a significant and valuable animal, symbolizes the weight of sin and the cost of atonement. The sacrificial system underscores the seriousness of sin and the need for a substitute to bear the penalty.

he must bring
The Hebrew verb used here (יָצָא, yatsa) conveys a sense of intentional action and obedience. The priest is required to carry out this task, emphasizing the importance of following God's instructions precisely. This act of bringing the remains signifies the removal of sin from the community, illustrating the separation between holiness and impurity.

to a ceremonially clean place
The Hebrew term for "clean" (טָהוֹר, tahor) denotes purity and suitability for sacred purposes. The requirement for a clean place highlights the need for maintaining holiness even in the disposal of sacrificial remains. This reflects God's nature as holy and the call for His people to be set apart.

outside the camp
This phrase indicates a location beyond the boundaries of the Israelite community. In the ancient Near Eastern context, the camp represented the dwelling place of God's people, and anything unclean or associated with sin was to be removed from it. This act symbolizes the expulsion of sin and impurity, pointing to the ultimate sacrifice of Christ, who suffered outside the city gates (Hebrews 13:12).

to the ash heap
The ash heap, or "place of ashes" (מִדְבַּר, midbar), was a designated area for disposing of the remains of sacrifices. This site, often a desolate place, underscores the finality of the sin offering. The ashes represent the complete consumption of the sacrifice, signifying the total eradication of sin.

and burn it on a wood fire
The burning of the remains on a wood fire (עֵץ, etz) signifies the complete destruction of the sin offering. Fire, in biblical symbolism, often represents God's judgment and purification. This act of burning outside the camp serves as a vivid reminder of the consuming nature of God's holiness and the thoroughness of His cleansing.

it shall be burned on the ash heap
The repetition of the burning process emphasizes the thoroughness required in dealing with sin. The Hebrew verb for "burned" (שָׂרַף, saraph) indicates a complete and consuming fire. This final act of burning on the ash heap reinforces the idea of sin being fully dealt with and removed from the presence of God and His people.

(12) Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth.--This does not mean that the high priest himself had to carry the whole bullock all that distance, but in accordance with the idiom so common in Hebrew, where the singular is used for the plural, or the indefinite or impersonal form, denotes that those who assisted in doing the rough work of the altar shall carry the victim. Hence the ancient Greek Version (LXX.) and the Samaritan rightly render it by "and they shall carry," in the plural: i.e., the whole bullock shall be carried forth. In Leviticus 4:24 of this very chapter the Authorised Version properly translates the same idiom into "in the place where they kill the burnt offering," though the verb, as in the verse before us, is in the singular. (See also Leviticus 4:14.)

Without the camp.--During the time of the second Temple there were three places for burning: one place was in the court of the sanctuary, where they burnt the sacrifices which were unfit and rejected; the second place was in the mountain of the house called Birah, where were buried those sacrifices which met with an accident after they had been carried out of the court; and the third place was without Jerusalem, called the place of ashes. It is this place to which the Apostle refers when he says, "for the bodies of those beast whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin are burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered without the gate" (Hebrews 13:11-12).

And burn him on the wood with fire.--Whilst special wood was required for the burning of those victims which were consumed in the court of the sanctuary (see Leviticus 1:7), the sacrifices which were taken outside the city could be burnt with any wood, or even straw or stubble. All that was insisted on was that it should be burned with fire, as the text before us has it, but not with cinder, coals, or lime.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the rest of the bull—
הַ֠פָּר (hap·pār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6499: Young bull, steer

he must take
וְהוֹצִ֣יא (wə·hō·w·ṣî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

outside
מִח֨וּץ (mi·ḥūṣ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors

the camp
לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֜ה (lam·ma·ḥă·neh)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 4264: An encampment, an army

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

a ceremonially clean
טָהוֹר֙ (ṭā·hō·wr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2889: Clean, pure

place,
מָק֤וֹם (mā·qō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

where
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the ashes
הַדֶּ֔שֶׁן (had·de·šen)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1880: The fat, fatness, abundance, the, ashes of sacrifices

are poured out,
שֶׁ֣פֶךְ (še·p̄eḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8211: An emptying place, an ash-heap

and he must burn
וְשָׂרַ֥ף (wə·śā·rap̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8313: To be, on fire

it on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

a wood
עֵצִ֖ים (‘ê·ṣîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

fire
בָּאֵ֑שׁ (bā·’êš)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the ash
הַדֶּ֖שֶׁן (had·de·šen)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1880: The fat, fatness, abundance, the, ashes of sacrifices

heap.
שֶׁ֥פֶךְ (še·p̄eḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8211: An emptying place, an ash-heap


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