KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.
WEB World English Bible
He shall carry forth the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.
ASV American Standard Version
And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bullock: it is the sin-offering for the assembly.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he hath brought out the bullock unto the outside of the camp, and hath burned it as he hath burned the first bullock; it is a sin-offering of the assembly.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 4
18 And he shall put [some] of the blood upon the horns of the altar which [is] before the LORD, that [is] in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which [is at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
19 And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn [it] upon the altar.
20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
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.
22 When a ruler hath sinned, and done [somewhat] through ignorance [against] any of the commandments of the LORD his God [concerning things] which should not be done, and is guilty;
23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it [is] a sin offering.
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וְהוֹצִ֣יאH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַפָּ֗רH6499 · parbullockאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מִחוּץ֙H2351 · chutsoutsideלַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔הH4264 · ma.cha.nehcampוְשָׂרַ֣ףH8313 · sa.raphto burnאֹת֔וֹH853 · et[Obj.]כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichשָׂרַ֔ףH8313 · sa.raphto burnאֵ֖תH853 · et[Obj.]הַפָּ֣רH6499 · parbullockהָרִאשׁ֑וֹןH7223 · ri.shonfirstחַטַּ֥אתH2403 · chat.ta.ahsinהַקָּהָ֖לH6951 · qa.halassemblyהֽוּא׃ פH1931 · huhe/she/it
Cross-references
Leviticus 16:15Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that [is] for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:Leviticus 16:21And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send [him] away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:1 Timothy 2:5-6For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;Matthew 20:28Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.Leviticus 4:11-12And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,2 Chronicles 29:21-24And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer [them] on the altar of the LORD.2 Corinthians 5:21For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.Ezra 8:35[Also] the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats [for] a sin offering: all [this was] a burnt offering unto the LORD.
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