Leviticus 6 · Verse 11

Leviticus 6:11

And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
Leviticus 6:11, King James Version

Leviticus 6:11 in other translations

BSBThen he must take off his garments, put on other clothes, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place.
WEBHe shall take off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.
ASVAnd he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
YLTand he hath stripped off his garments, and hath put on other garments, and hath brought out the ashes unto the outside of the camp, unto a clean place.
DARBYAnd he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
BBEThen having taken off his linen robes and put on other clothing, he is to take it away into a clean place, outside the tent-circle.
WebsterAnd he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp to a clean place.

What does Leviticus 6:11 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 And put on other garments - The priests approached the altar in their holiest garments; when carrying the ashes, etc., from the altar, they put on other garments, the holy garments being only used in the holy place. Clean place - A place where no dead carcasses, dung, or filth of any kind was laid; for the ashes were holy, as being the remains of the offerings made by fire unto the Lord.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 6:8-13

The daily sacrifice of a lamb is chiefly referred to. The priest must take care of the fire upon the altar. The first fire upon the altar came from heaven, ch. 9:24; by keeping that up continually, all their sacrifices might be said to be consumed with the fire from heaven, in token of God's acceptance. Thus should the fire of our holy affections, the exercise of our faith and love, of prayer and praise, be without…

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Leviticus 6:11 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.

וּפָשַׁט֙u.fa.Shatand he will strip offH6584
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּגָדָ֔יוbe.ga.Davgarments hisH899
וְלָבַ֖שׁve.la.Vashand he will put onH3847
בְּגָדִ֣יםbe.ga.DimgarmentsH899
אֲחֵרִ֑ים'a.che.RimotherH312
וְהוֹצִ֤יאve.ho.Tzi'and he will take outH3318
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַדֶּ֙שֶׁן֙ha.De.shenthe fatty ashH1880
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מִח֣וּץmi.Chutzfrom [the] outsideH2351
לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔הla.ma.cha.Nehof the campH4264
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מָק֖וֹםma.Koma placeH4725
טָהֽוֹר\׃ta.HorpureH2889

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Cross references for Leviticus 6:11

  • Ezekiel 44:19

    And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.

  • 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.

  • Hebrews 13:11-13

    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.

  • Leviticus 16:23-24

    And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there: And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.

  • Leviticus 14:40-41

    Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city: And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:

  • Leviticus 4:21

    And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.

  • 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.

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put off.
16:23,24; Eze 44:19
without.
4:12,21; 14:40,41; 16:27; Heb 13:11-13

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Context

  • Leviticus 6:10

    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.

  • Leviticus 6:11

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

  • Leviticus 6:12

    And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.

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Leviticus 6:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Después se desnudará de sus vestimentas, y se pondrá otras vestiduras, y sacará las cenizas fuera del real al lugar limpio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tout mâle d’entre les enfants d’Aaron en mangera; c’est un statut perpétuel en vos générations, leur part des sacrifices faits par feu à l’ Éternel: quiconque les touchera sera saint.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Alles Männliche unter den Kindern Aarons soll es essen: ein für ewig Bestimmtes bei euren Geschlechtern von den Feueropfern Jehovas. Alles, was sie anrührt, wird heilig sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
spoliabitur prioribus vestimentis, indutusque aliis, efferret eos extra castra, et in loco mundissimo usque ad favillam consumi faciet.