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,… 1. The legal reason was because it was a sacrifice for sin, and therefore unmeet to be burnt as other sacrifices upon the altar. 2. The historical reason, because the Lord suffered without the gate of the city. 3. The moral reason, to show that the skin with the flesh was carried forth so the priest should be far off, not only from sin, but the occasion thereof. 4. The mystical reason, that Christ doth cast out-of-doors, and remove far away from us our sins. 5. Now further, the sin-offering for the priest, and for the whole congregation were burnt without, to show the horror and greatness of their sin; and though it were unclean, being a sacrifice for sin, yet because some part thereof, namely the fat, was burnt upon the altar, the remaining part was with reverence to be burned, and in a clean place, and therefore without the camp, because it was separated from the common pollutions which might happen within the camp. 6. The Hebrews further observe that the high priest's sin-offering was commanded to be burnt openly without the camp, to the end that no man might be ashamed to confess his sin. (A. Willet, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,WEB: The bull's skin, all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, its innards, and its dung, |
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