Leviticus 4 · Verse 12

Leviticus 4:12

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.
Leviticus 4:12, King James Version

Leviticus 4:12 in other translations

BSBall 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.
WEB—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.
ASVeven 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.
YLThe 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.
DARBYeven the whole bullock shall he carry forth outside 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.
BBEAll the ox, he is to take away outside the circle of the tents into a clean place where the burned waste is put, and there it is to be burned on wood with fire.
WebsterEven 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.

What does Leviticus 4:12 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 Without the camp - This was intended figuratively to express the sinfulness of this sin, and the availableness of the atonement. The sacrifice, as having the sin of the priest transferred from himself to it by his confession and imposition of hands, was become unclean and abominable, and was carried, as it were, out of the Lord's sight; from the tabernacle and congregation it must be carried without the camp, and thus its own offensiveness was removed, and the sin of the person in whose behalf it was offered. The apostle (Heb 13:11-13) applies this in the most pointed manner to Christ: "For the bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach."

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 4:1-12

Chapter Outline The sin-offering of ignorance for the priest. (1-12) For the whole congregation. (13-21) For a ruler. (22-26) For any of the people. (27-35) Verses 1-12 Burnt-offerings, meat-offerings, and peace-offerings, had been offered before the giving of the law upon mount Sinai; and in these the patriarchs had respect to sin, to make atonement for it. But the Jews were now put into a way of making atonement…

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Leviticus 4:12 in the original Hebrew

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וְהוֹצִ֣יאve.ho.Tzi'and he will bring outH3318
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַ֠פָּרHa.porthe bullH6499
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מִח֨וּץmi.Chutzfrom [the] outsideH2351
לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֜הla.ma.cha.Nehof the campH4264
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מָק֤וֹםma.Koma placeH4725
טָהוֹר֙ta.hOrpureH2889
אֶל\־'el-toH413
שֶׁ֣פֶךְShe.fekh[the] pouring out ofH8211
הַדֶּ֔שֶׁןha.De.shenthe fatty ashH1880
וְשָׂרַ֥ףve.sa.Rafand he will burnH8313
אֹת֛וֹ'o.To<obj.> itH853
עַל\־'al-onH5921
עֵצִ֖ים'e.Tzimwood<s>H6086
בָּאֵ֑שׁba.'Eshwith <the> fireH784
עַל\־'al-atH5921
שֶׁ֥פֶךְShe.fekh[the] pouring out ofH8211
הַדֶּ֖שֶׁןha.De.shenthe fatty ashH1880
יִשָּׂרֵֽף\׃\ \פyi.sa.Refit will be burnedH8313

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Cross references for Leviticus 4:12

  • 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.

  • 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. And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.

  • 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.

  • Leviticus 16:27

    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.

  • 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:

  • 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.

  • 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 19:3

    And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
without the camp. Heb. to without the camp.This was intended, figuratively, to express the enormity of this sin, and the availableness of the atonement. The sacrifice, as having the sin of the priest transferred from himself to it, by his confession and imposition of hands, was become unclean and abominable, and was carried, as it were, out of God's sight; and thus its own offensiveness was removed, with the sin of the person in whose behalf it was offered.
13:46; Nu 5:3; 15:35; 19:3
the ashes.
6:10,11
burn him.
Ex 29:14; Nu 19:5; Heb 13:11
where the ashes are poured out. Heb. at the pouring out ofthe ashes.

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Context

  • Leviticus 4:11

    And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,

  • Leviticus 4:12

    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.

  • Leviticus 4:13

    And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;

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Leviticus 4:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
En fin, todo el becerro sacará fuera del campo, á un lugar limpio, donde se echan las cenizas, y lo quemará al fuego sobre la leña: en donde se echan las cenizas será quemado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
tout le taureau, il l’emportera hors du camp, dans un lieu net, là où l’on verse les cendres, et il le brûlera sur du bois, au feu; il sera brûlé au lieu où l’on verse les cendres.
German
Elberfelder 1871
den ganzen Farren soll er hinausbringen außerhalb des Lagers an einen reinen Ort, nach dem Schutthaufen der Fettasche, und soll ihn auf Holzscheiten mit Feuer verbrennen; auf dem Schutthaufen der Fettasche soll er verbrannt werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et reliquo corpore, efferet extra castra in locum mundum, ubi cineres effundi solent: incendetque ea super lignorum struem, quæ in loco effusorum cinerum cremabuntur.