The Meaning of Leviticus 4:12 Explained

Leviticus 4:12

KJV: 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.

YLT: he 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.

Darby: even 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.

ASV: even 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.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Leviticus 4:12?

MEANING: What does Leviticus 4:12 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Leviticus 4:12 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Leviticus 4:12?

What is the context of Leviticus 4:12?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does Leviticus 4:12 Mean?

Study Notes

without the camp
Cf. Exodus 29:14 ; Leviticus 16:27 ; Numbers 19:3 ; Hebrews 13:10-13 . The last passage is the interpretative one. The "camp" was Judaism-- a religion of forms and ceremonies. "Jesus, also, that He might sanctify separate, or set apart for God] the people with or 'through' His own blood, suffered without the gate" temple gate, city gate, i.e. Judaism civil and religious]; Hebrews 13:12 but how does this sanctify, or set apart, a people? "Let us go forth therefore unto Him without the camp Judaism then, Judaized Christianity now--anything religious which denies Him as our sin-offering] bearing His reproach" Hebrews 13:13 . The sin- offering, "burned without the camp," typifies this aspect of the death of Christ. The cross becomes a new altar, in a new place, where, without the smallest merit in themselves, the redeemed gather to offer, as believer-priests, spiritual sacrifices.; Hebrews 13:15 ; 1 Peter 2:5 . The bodies of the sin-offering beasts were not burned without the camp, as some have fancied, because "saturated with sin," and unfit for a holy camp. Rather, an unholy camp was an unfit place for a holy sin-offering. The dead body of our Lord was not "saturated with sin," though in it our sins had been borne 1 Peter 2:24 .

Context Summary

Leviticus 4:1-21 - Sin-Offerings For Priests And Congregation

The sweet savor offerings have now been considered. They are all concerned with consecration and communion. We now approach the sacrifices for sin; and first, for sins of ignorance. Here provision is made for the anointed priest, for the whole assembly, for the ruler and for one of the common people. Do we realize sufficiently the sinfulness of our sins of omission-i.e., of coming short of God's glory? See how much they cost! The innocent victim had to suffer; as afterward our Lord suffered without the gate, that He might make an atonement and sanctify His people with His own blood. We learn what the Apostle meant when he described our Lord as being "made sin for us."

After certain portions had been placed upon the altar of burned-offering, the remainder of the carcass was burned without the camp, as though it were an altogether polluted thing. Note that the sin of the priest was deemed to require a more costly offering than that of the ordinary man, because he had sinned against fuller light. [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 4

¹ The sin offering of ignorance
³ for the priest
¹³ for the congregation
²² for the ruler
²⁷ for any of the people

What do the individual words in Leviticus 4:12 mean?

and he shall carry - whole the bull - outside the camp to a place clean where are poured out the ashes and burn it on wood with fire Where the ashes it shall be burned -

וְהוֹצִ֣יא אֶת־ כָּל־ הַ֠פָּר אֶל־ מִח֨וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֜ה אֶל־ מָק֤וֹם טָהוֹר֙ אֶל־ שֶׁ֣פֶךְ הַדֶּ֔שֶׁן וְשָׂרַ֥ף אֹת֛וֹ עַל־ עֵצִ֖ים בָּאֵ֑שׁ עַל־ הַדֶּ֖שֶׁן יִשָּׂרֵֽף פ

וְהוֹצִ֣יא	and he shall carry
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular Root: יׄוצֵאת Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
כָּל־	whole
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
הַ֠פָּר	the bull
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: פַּר Sense: .
אֶל־	-
Parse: Preposition Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
מִח֨וּץ	outside
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular Root: חוּץ Sense: outside, outward, street, the outside.
לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֜ה	the camp
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, common singular Root: מַחֲנֶה Sense: encampment, camp.
מָק֤וֹם	a place
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מָקֹום Sense: standing place, place.
טָהוֹר֙	clean
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: טָהֹור Sense: pure, clean.
אֶל־	where
Parse: Preposition Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
שֶׁ֣פֶךְ	are poured out
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: שֶׁפֶךְ Sense: place of pouring.
הַדֶּ֔שֶׁן	the ashes
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: דֶּשֶׁן Sense: fat ashes, fatness.
וְשָׂרַ֥ף	and burn
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׂרַף Sense: to burn.
עֵצִ֖ים	wood
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: עֵץ Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
בָּאֵ֑שׁ	with fire
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, common singular Root: אֵשׁ Sense: fire.
עַל־	Where
Parse: Preposition Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
הַדֶּ֖שֶׁן	the ashes
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: דֶּשֶׁן Sense: fat ashes, fatness.
יִשָּׂרֵֽף	it shall be burned
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׂרַף Sense: to burn.
פ	-
Parse: Punctuation

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