Leviticus - 4:11



11 The bull's skin, all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, its innards, and its dung,

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 4:11.

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And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,
But the skin and all the flesh with the head and the feet and the bowels and the dung,
And the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, besides its head, and besides its legs, and its inwards, and its dung,
And the skin of the ox and all its flesh, with its head and its legs and its inside parts and its waste,
The bull's skin, all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, its entrails, and its dung,
Yet truly, the skin and all the flesh, with the head and the feet, and the intestines and the dung,
Pellem praeterea juvenci, et omnem carnem ejus, cum capite ejus, et cruribus, et intestina ejus, et timum ejus.

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And the skin of the bullock,.... Not taken off; for the sin offerings that were burnt were not flayed at all, but were cut in pieces with their skins on them (a); in other burnt offerings the skin was taken off, and was a perquisite of the priest, Leviticus 7:8 but this being an offering for the priest, the skin was burnt with the rest:
and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung; the burning of these denoted the sufferings of Christ, and these several parts the extent of them, they reaching to all parts of his body as stretched upon the cross; and the dung particularly the reproach of them, he dying the death of the cross, and was made sin and a curse for his people.
(a) Ib. (Maasch Hakoranot) c. 5. sect. 18. & 7. 2.

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 [Leviticus 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 (compare Hebrews 13:12-13).

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