Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then he shall take the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull. This is the sin offering for the community. New Living Translation Then the priest must take what is left of the bull and carry it outside the camp and burn it there, just as is done with the sin offering for the high priest. This offering is for the sin of the entire congregation of Israel. English Standard Version And he shall carry the bull outside the camp and burn it up as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly. 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. Berean Literal Bible And he shall carry the bull to the outside of the camp, and he shall burn it as he burned the first bull; it is a sin offering of the assembly. King James Bible 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. New King James Version Then he shall carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is a sin offering for the assembly. New American Standard Bible Then he is to bring the bull out to a place outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly. NASB 1995 Then he is to bring out the bull to a place outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly. NASB 1977 ‘Then he is to bring out the bull to a place outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly. Legacy Standard Bible Then he shall bring out the bull to a place outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly. Amplified Bible Then the priest is to bring the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the congregation. Berean Annotated 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. Christian Standard Bible Then he will bring the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then he will bring the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.” 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. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then he will take the bull outside the camp and will burn it the same way he burned the first bull. It is an offering for sin for the community. Good News Translation Then he shall take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burns the bull offered for his own sin. This is an offering to take away the sin of the community. International Standard Version Then he is to bring the rest of the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he had burned the first bull. This is the sin offering for the congregation." NET Bible He must bring the rest of the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull--it is the sin offering of the assembly. New Heart 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleThen 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. World English Bible He shall carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand he has brought out the bullock to the outside of the camp, and has burned it as he has burned the first bullock; it [is] a sin-offering of the assembly. Berean Literal Bible And he shall carry the bull to the outside of the camp, and he shall burn it as he burned the first bull; it is a sin offering of the assembly. 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. Smith's Literal Translation And he brought forth the bullock from without the camp, and he burnt it as he burnt the first bullock: it is the sin of the assembly: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut the calf itself he shall carry forth without the camp, and shall burn it as he did the former calf: because it is for the sin of the multitude. Catholic Public Domain Version But the calf itself he shall carry away, beyond the camp, and he shall also burn it, just as with the previous calf, because it is for the sin of the multitude. New American Bible This bull shall also be brought outside the camp and burned, just as the first bull. It is a purification offering for the assembly. New Revised Standard Version He shall carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd they shall carry forth the bullock outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bullock; it is a sin offering for the congregation. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And he shall take the bull outside of the camp and he shall burn it as when he burned the first bull; it is the sin of the assembly. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation And they shall carry forth the calf whole without the camp, and they shall burn the calf as they burnt the former calf: it is the sin-offering of the congregation. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Laws for Sin Offerings…20He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven. 21Then 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. 22When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the commandments of the LORD his God, he incurs guilt.… Cross References Then he is to take the bull outside the camp Exodus 29:14 But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering. Leviticus 16:27 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. Numbers 19:3 Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence. and burn it, Leviticus 8:17 But the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded him. Numbers 19:5 Then the heifer must be burned in his sight. Its hide, its flesh, and its blood are to be burned, along with its dung. Hebrews 13:11-13 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. just as he burned the first bull. Leviticus 9:11 But he burned up the flesh and the hide outside the camp. Leviticus 8:14-16 Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. / Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement could be made on it. / Moses also took all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys and their fat, and burned it all on the altar. Exodus 29:10-13 You are to present the bull at the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head. / And you shall slaughter the bull before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. / Take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; then pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. … It is the sin offering for the assembly. Numbers 15:24-26 and if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the congregation, then the whole congregation is to prepare one young bull as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD, with its grain offering and drink offering according to the regulation, and one male goat as a sin offering. / The priest is to make atonement for the whole congregation of Israel, so that they may be forgiven; for the sin was unintentional and they have brought to the LORD a food offering and a sin offering, presented before the LORD for their unintentional sin. / Then the whole congregation of Israel and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, since it happened to all the people unintentionally. Leviticus 16:15-16 Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it. / So he shall make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the impurities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to do the same for the Tent of Meeting which abides among them in the midst of their impurities. Leviticus 9:15 Aaron then presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin like the first one. Numbers 19:9 Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; this is for purification from sin. Hebrews 9:13-14 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! Numbers 19:7-8 Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. / The one who burned the heifer must also wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he too will be ceremonially unclean until evening. Hebrews 9:11-12 But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation. / 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. Treasury of Scripture 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. as he Leviticus 4:11,12 And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung, … a sin offering Leviticus 16:15,21 Then 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: … 2 Chronicles 29:21-24 And 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… 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. Jump to Previous Assembly Bull Bullock Burn Burned Camp Carry Congregation First Forth Offering Outside Ox Sin Sin-Offering Tent-CircleJump to Next Assembly Bull Bullock Burn Burned Camp Carry Congregation First Forth Offering Outside Ox Sin Sin-Offering Tent-CircleLeviticus 4 1. The sin offering of ignorance3. for the priest 13. for the congregation 22. for the ruler 27. for any of the people Then he is to take the bull outside the camp In the context of ancient Israel, the camp represented the dwelling place of God's people, and anything unclean or associated with sin was taken outside the camp. This act symbolizes the removal of sin from the community. The bull, representing the sin offering, is taken outside to signify the separation of sin from the holy presence of God. This foreshadows the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, who was taken outside the city of Jerusalem to be crucified, bearing the sins of humanity (Hebrews 13:11-12). and burn it just as he burned the first bull It is the sin offering for the assembly Persons / Places / Events 1. The PriestThe priest is responsible for performing the sin offering ritual, acting as a mediator between the people and God. 2. The Bull Represents the sin offering, symbolizing the atonement for the sins of the assembly. 3. Outside the Camp The location where the bull is burned, signifying the removal of sin from the community. 4. The Assembly Refers to the congregation of Israel, for whom the sin offering is made. 5. Sin Offering A sacrificial ritual intended to atone for unintentional sins of the community. Teaching Points The Seriousness of SinThe need for a sin offering underscores the gravity of sin and its impact on the community. The Role of the Mediator Just as the priest mediated for the people, Jesus is our ultimate mediator, offering Himself as the perfect sacrifice. Separation from Sin The act of taking the bull outside the camp symbolizes the need to separate ourselves from sin and its consequences. Community Responsibility The sin offering for the assembly highlights the collective responsibility of the community to seek atonement and maintain holiness. Fulfillment in Christ The Old Testament sacrificial system points to Christ's ultimate sacrifice, which provides complete atonement for sin. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Leviticus 4:21?2. How does Leviticus 4:21 emphasize the importance of atonement for unintentional sins? 3. What role does the priest play in the purification process in Leviticus 4:21? 4. How does Leviticus 4:21 connect to Christ's ultimate sacrifice for our sins? 5. How can we apply the principles of atonement today in our daily lives? 6. Why is the community's purification significant in Leviticus 4:21, and how can we emulate it? 7. What is the significance of the bull's removal in Leviticus 4:21 for atonement rituals? 8. How does Leviticus 4:21 reflect the concept of sin and forgiveness in the Old Testament? 9. Why is the bull burned outside the camp in Leviticus 4:21? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 4? 11. What is the purpose of a sin offering? 12. 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? 13. How do interpreters reconcile Leviticus 5's focus on sacrifices with Hebrews 10:4 declaring it impossible for animal blood to remove sins? 14. Numbers 15:32-36: Why is gathering wood on the Sabbath punished by death, and how does this align with a just moral system today? What Does Leviticus 4:21 Mean Then he is to take the bull outside the campLeviticus highlights location with purpose. Moving the sacrificed bull beyond the camp’s border declared two truths: • Sin is serious and must be removed from God’s dwelling place (see Numbers 5:2–3). • Only what is cleansed may remain in the midst of God’s people (compare Hebrews 13:11–12, where Christ’s crucifixion “outside the gate” fulfills this pattern). The congregation saw their guilt symbolically carried away, underscoring Psalm 103:12—“as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.” and burn it Total burning (as in Exodus 29:14) pictured complete judgment. Nothing was eaten, unlike some other offerings (Leviticus 6:26), because sin’s penalty demands full consumption. This foreshadowed the consuming wrath borne by Christ (Isaiah 53:10). • The fire outside reminded Israel that judgment, not fellowship, addresses sin. • Yet the very act of burning showed that God provided a substitute so the people themselves would not be consumed (see Isaiah 30:27, where the Lord’s anger is likened to fire). just as he burned the first bull Consistency mattered. Earlier in the chapter the same ritual was prescribed for priestly sin (Leviticus 4:12). God’s standards do not change with the offender’s identity (Malachi 3:6). • Repeating the method taught Israel that sin offerings, whether for leaders or assembly, receive the same divine treatment—equal justice and equal mercy. • The phrase “just as” points to God’s reliable pattern; Hebrews 10:1 notes that the law’s “shadow” repeatedly signaled the need for a better, once-for-all sacrifice. It is the sin offering for the assembly Unlike voluntary offerings, this sacrifice was mandatory whenever the whole community sinned unintentionally (Leviticus 4:13–14). • Corporate responsibility: even unintentional sins defile the covenant people (Joshua 7:11–12). • Corporate grace: God provided one bull for all, hinting at Christ’s one sacrifice “for the whole world” (1 John 2:2). The blood already sprinkled inside the tabernacle (Leviticus 4:17–18) secured forgiveness; the burning outside confirmed the removal of guilt (Micah 7:18–19). summary Leviticus 4:21 illustrates the holy logic of atonement: sin must leave God’s presence, be judged fully, follow God’s unchanging pattern, and cover the entire covenant community. Taken outside, completely burned, and labeled a sin offering, the bull pointed Israel—and us—to the ultimate Substitute who bore our sins “outside the camp” and finished the work so that God’s people could dwell with Him in purity and peace. Hebrew Then he is to takeוְהוֹצִ֣יא (wə·hō·w·ṣî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim the bull הַפָּ֗ר (hap·pār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6499: Young bull, steer outside מִחוּץ֙ (mi·ḥūṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors the camp לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה (lam·ma·ḥă·neh) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 4264: An encampment, an army and burn וְשָׂרַ֣ף (wə·śā·rap̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8313: To be, on fire it, אֹת֔וֹ (’ō·ṯōw) Direct object marker | third person masculine singular Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case just as כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that he burned שָׂרַ֔ף (śā·rap̄) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8313: To be, on fire the first הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן (hā·ri·šō·wn) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7223: First, in place, time, rank bull. הַפָּ֣ר (hap·pār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6499: Young bull, steer It הֽוּא׃ (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is the sin offering חַטַּ֥את (ḥaṭ·ṭaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender for the assembly. הַקָּהָ֖ל (haq·qā·hāl) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6951: Assembly, convocation, congregation Links Leviticus 4:21 NIVLeviticus 4:21 NLT Leviticus 4:21 ESV Leviticus 4:21 NASB Leviticus 4:21 KJV Leviticus 4:21 BibleApps.com Leviticus 4:21 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 4:21 Chinese Bible Leviticus 4:21 French Bible Leviticus 4:21 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 4:21 He shall carry forth the bull outside (Le Lv Lev.) |
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