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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/4.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/4.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, as well as the head and legs, the internal organs and the intestines—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But he must take whatever is left of the bull—its hide, meat, head, legs, internal organs, and dung—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But the skin of the bull and all its flesh, with its head, its legs, its entrails, and its dung—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs and its entrails and dung—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But the bull’s hide and all its flesh, with its head and legs, its entrails and offal—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, along with its head, its legs, its entrails, and its refuse,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216But the hide of the bull and all its flesh with its head and its legs and its entrails and its refuse,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘But the hide of the bull and all its flesh with its head and its legs and its entrails and its refuse,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But the hide of the bull and all its flesh with its head and its legs and its entrails and its refuse,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But the hide of the bull and all its meat, with its head, its legs, its entrails, and its refuse,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs, and its entrails and waste—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and shanks, and its entrails and dung—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, and its inwards, and its dung,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, and its inwards, and its dung,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then he will take the entire bull (the skin, meat, head, legs, internal organs, and excrement)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But he shall take its skin, all its flesh, its head, its legs, and its internal organs, including the intestines, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Now as for the bull's hide, its flesh, its head, its legs, its internal organs, and its dung, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs and its entrails and dung?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But the hide of the bull, all its flesh along with its head and its legs, its entrails, and its dung--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The bull's skin, all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, its entrails, and its dung,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He shall carry the bull’s skin, all its meat, with its head, and with its legs, its innards, and its dung <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, and its innards, and its dung—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, besides its head, and besides its legs, and its inwards, and its dung -- <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the skin of the bullock and all its flesh with its head and with its legs, and its bowels and its dung,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But the skin and all the flesh with the head and the feet and the bowels and the dung, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Yet truly, the skin and all the flesh, with the head and the feet, and the intestines and the dung,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But the hide of the bull and its meat, with its head, shanks, inner organs and dung,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But the skin of the bull and all its flesh, as well as its head, its legs, its entrails, and its dung—<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the skin of the bullock and all its flesh, with its dung, its head, its legs, and its entrails,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the skin of the ox and all his flesh with his dung and with his head and with his legs and with his insides,<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, and its inwards, and its dung,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And <i>they shall take</i> the skin of the calf, and all his flesh with the head and the extremities and the belly and the dung,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/4-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=562" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/4.htm">Laws for Sin Offerings</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>just as the fat is removed from the ox of the peace offering. Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5785.htm" title="5785: ‘ō·wr (N-msc) -- A skin. From uwr; skin; by implication, hide, leather.">But the hide</a> <a href="/hebrew/6499.htm" title="6499: hap·pār (Art:: N-ms) -- Young bull, steer. Or par; from parar; a bullock.">of the bull</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bə·śā·rōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">its flesh,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: rō·šōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">its head</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3767.htm" title="3767: kə·rā·‘āw (N-fpc:: 3ms) -- A leg. From kara'; the leg of men or locusts.">and legs</a> <a href="/hebrew/7130.htm" title="7130: wə·qir·bōw (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Inward part, midst. From qarab; properly, the nearest part, i.e. The center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial.">and its entrails</a> <a href="/hebrew/6569.htm" title="6569: ū·p̄ir·šōw (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Fecal matter. From parash; excrement.">and dung—</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>all 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-11.htm">Hebrews 13:11-13</a></span><br />Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp. / And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood. / Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/29-14.htm">Exodus 29:14</a></span><br />But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/19-5.htm">Numbers 19:5</a></span><br />Then the heifer must be burned in his sight. Its hide, its flesh, and its blood are to be burned, along with its dung.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/16-27.htm">Leviticus 16:27</a></span><br />The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-21.htm">2 Chronicles 29:21</a></span><br />They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/8-17.htm">Numbers 8:17</a></span><br />For every firstborn male in Israel is Mine, both man and beast. I set them apart for Myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Isaiah 53:10</a></span><br />Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/19-17.htm">John 19:17-18</a></span><br />Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. / There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-33.htm">Matthew 27:33</a></span><br />And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/15-22.htm">Mark 15:22</a></span><br />They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/23-33.htm">Luke 23:33</a></span><br />When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a></span><br />God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-3.htm">Romans 8:3</a></span><br />For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm">Hebrews 9:12-14</a></span><br />He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption. / For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, / how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10-12</a></span><br />And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. / Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. / But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/4-21.htm">Leviticus 4:21</a></b></br> And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it <i>is</i> a sin offering for the congregation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/6-30.htm">Leviticus 6:30</a></b></br> And no sin offering, whereof <i>any</i> of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile <i>withal</i> in the holy <i>place</i>, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/8-14.htm">Leviticus 8:14-17</a></b></br> And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/2-16.htm">Besides</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-10.htm">Bull</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-10.htm">Bullock</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-5.htm">Bull's</a> <a href="/exodus/29-14.htm">Dung</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-8.htm">Entrails</a> <a href="/exodus/38-3.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-4.htm">Head</a> <a href="/exodus/29-14.htm">Hide</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-8.htm">Innards</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-8.htm">Inner</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-8.htm">Inside</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-8.htm">Inwards</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-9.htm">Legs</a> <a href="/exodus/29-14.htm">Offal</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-10.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-8.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/exodus/29-14.htm">Refuse</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-6.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-16.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/7-13.htm">Besides</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-12.htm">Bull</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-12.htm">Bullock</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-15.htm">Bull's</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-17.htm">Dung</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-3.htm">Entrails</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-10.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-15.htm">Head</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-8.htm">Hide</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-3.htm">Innards</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-3.htm">Inner</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-3.htm">Inside</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-3.htm">Inwards</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-4.htm">Legs</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-17.htm">Offal</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-12.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-3.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-17.htm">Refuse</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-8.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-12.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/4-1.htm">The sin offering of ignorance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/4-3.htm">for the priest</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/4-13.htm">for the congregation</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/4-22.htm">for the ruler</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/4-27.htm">for any of the people</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This act symbolizes the removal of sin from the community, as the hide was considered unclean. The bull, often used in sin offerings, signifies the seriousness of sin and the need for atonement. This removal can be seen as a foreshadowing of Christ, who was crucified outside the city, bearing the sins of the world (<a href="/hebrews/13-11.htm">Hebrews 13:11-12</a>).<p><b>and all its flesh</b><br>The flesh of the bull, representing the entirety of the animal's body, was not consumed by fire on the altar but was disposed of outside the camp. This indicates the complete removal of sin and impurity from the people. In the New Testament, Jesus' sacrifice is seen as the ultimate fulfillment of this offering, as He offered His entire body for the atonement of humanity's sins (<a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm">1 Peter 2:24</a>).<p><b>with its head and legs</b><br>The head and legs of the bull, parts that signify leadership and movement, respectively, were also taken outside the camp. This removal underscores the comprehensive nature of the sin offering, addressing both the thoughts (head) and actions (legs) of the sinner. In a broader biblical context, this can be related to the call for believers to renew their minds and walk in righteousness (<a href="/romans/12-2.htm">Romans 12:2</a>, <a href="/ephesians/4.htm">Ephesians 4:1</a>).<p><b>and its entrails and dung—</b><br>The entrails and dung, representing the innermost parts and waste, were considered unclean and were also removed from the camp. This act highlights the thoroughness required in dealing with sin, ensuring that even the most hidden and base aspects are cleansed. This thorough cleansing is mirrored in the New Testament call for believers to purify their hearts and rid themselves of all moral filth (<a href="/james/4-8.htm">James 4:8</a>, <a href="/1_peter/2.htm">1 Peter 2:1</a>). The removal of these parts outside the camp prefigures the complete purification offered through Christ's sacrifice, which cleanses believers from all unrighteousness (1 <a href="/john/1-9.htm">John 1:9</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God on Mount Sinai and communicated them to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/aaron_and_his_sons.htm">Aaron and His Sons</a></b><br>The priests who were responsible for carrying out the sacrificial rituals as outlined in Leviticus.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites, where sacrifices were offered.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sin_offering.htm">The Sin Offering</a></b><br>A specific type of sacrifice described in Leviticus, intended to atone for unintentional sins of the people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were given the laws to follow as part of their covenant relationship with Him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_the_sin_offering.htm">Understanding the Sin Offering</a></b><br>The sin offering in <a href="/bsb/leviticus/4.htm">Leviticus 4</a> highlights the seriousness of sin and the need for atonement. It points to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who fulfills the law and provides a way for reconciliation with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_priest.htm">The Role of the Priest</a></b><br>The priests acted as mediators between God and the people. In the New Testament, Jesus is our High Priest, who intercedes on our behalf.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_symbolism_of_the_sacrifice.htm">The Symbolism of the Sacrifice</a></b><br>The detailed description of the sacrifice, including the removal of the hide and flesh, symbolizes the complete removal of sin. This foreshadows the complete cleansing available through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_purity.htm">Holiness and Purity</a></b><br>The sacrificial system underscores God's holiness and the need for His people to be pure. As believers, we are called to live holy lives, set apart for God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/confession_and_repentance.htm">Confession and Repentance</a></b><br>The sin offering required acknowledgment of sin. Today, we are called to confess our sins and turn to Christ for forgiveness and transformation.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_nomadic_israelites_handle_waste.htm">If ancient Israelites were nomadic in the wilderness, how practical would collecting, containing, and disposing of so much blood and animal waste have been according to Leviticus 4?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_purpose_of_a_sin_offering.htm">What is the purpose of a sin offering?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/leviticus_8_15-17__blood_source_and_safety.htm">In Leviticus 8:15-17, where does the blood used for the purification truly come from, and how did they handle potential health risks?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_animal_sacrifice_cleanse_literally.htm">In Exodus 29:10-14, how could sacrificing an animal and placing its blood on the altar possibly cleanse or consecrate anyone in a literal or scientific sense?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">And the skin of the bullock.</span>--Unlike other burnt offerings, the skins of which were taken off, and became the perquisite of the priests (<a href="/leviticus/7-8.htm" title="And the priest that offers any man's burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has offered.">Leviticus 7:8</a>), this sin offering was not flayed at all, but was cut to pieces with its skin.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/4-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But the hide</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֤וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5785.htm">Strong's 5785: </a> </span><span class="str2">Skin, hide, leather</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the bull</span><br /><span class="heb">הַפָּר֙</span> <span class="translit">(hap·pār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6499.htm">Strong's 6499: </a> </span><span class="str2">Young bull, steer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its flesh,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּשָׂר֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·śā·rōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its head</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹאשׁ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(rō·šōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> </span><span class="str2">The head</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and legs</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּרָעָ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(kə·rā·‘āw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's 3767: </a> </span><span class="str2">The leg, of men, locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and its entrails</span><br /><span class="heb">וְקִרְבּ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·qir·bōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7130.htm">Strong's 7130: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nearest part, the center</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and dung—</span><br /><span class="heb">וּפִרְשֽׁוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ū·p̄ir·šōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6569.htm">Strong's 6569: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fecal matter</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/4-11.htm">Leviticus 4:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/4-11.htm">Leviticus 4:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/4-11.htm">Leviticus 4:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/4-11.htm">Leviticus 4:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/4-11.htm">Leviticus 4:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/4-11.htm">Leviticus 4:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/4-11.htm">Leviticus 4:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/4-11.htm">Leviticus 4:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/4-11.htm">Leviticus 4:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/4-11.htm">Leviticus 4:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/4-11.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 4:11 The bull's skin all its flesh (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/4-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 4:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 4:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/4-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 4:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 4:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>