Leviticus 1 · Verse 6

Leviticus 1:6

And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.
Leviticus 1:6, King James Version

Leviticus 1:6 in other translations

BSBNext, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.
WEBHe shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.
ASVAnd he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces.
YLT‘And he hath stripped the burnt-offering, and hath cut it into its pieces;
DARBYAnd he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it up into its pieces.
BBEAnd the burned offering is to be skinned and cut up into its parts.
WebsterAnd he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces,

What does Leviticus 1:6 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 He 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 2Chr 29:34. The red heifer alone was not flayed, but the whole body, with the skin, etc., consumed with fire. See Num 19:5.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 1:3-9

In the due performance of the Levitical ordinances, the mysteries of the spiritual world are represented by corresponding natural objects; and future events are exhibited in these rites. Without this, the whole will seem unmeaning ceremonies. There is in these things a type of the sufferings of the Son of God, who was to be a sacrifice for the sins of the whole world? The burning body of an animal was but a faint…

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Leviticus 1:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהִפְשִׁ֖יטve.hif.Shitand he will skinH6584
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעֹלָ֑הha.'o.Lahthe burnt offeringH5930
וְנִתַּ֥חve.ni.Tachand he will cut in piecesH5408
אֹתָ֖הּ'o.Tah<obj.> itH853
לִנְתָחֶֽיהָ\׃lin.ta.Chei.hainto pieces itsH5409

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 1:6

  • Leviticus 7:8

    And the priest that offereth any man’s burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered.

  • Genesis 3:21

    Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
7:8; Ge 3:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Leviticus 1:5

    And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Leviticus 1:6

    And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.

  • Leviticus 1:7

    And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire:

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Leviticus 1:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y desollará el holocausto, y lo dividirá en sus piezas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et il écorchera l’holocauste et le coupera en morceaux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er soll dem Brandopfer die Haut abziehen und es in seine Stücke zerlegen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		detractaque pelle hostiæ, artus in frusta concident.