Leviticus 4:12

“all the bull, he shall bring out to outside the camp, to a clean place, to the ash heap, and burn it on wood with fire; on the ash heap it shall be burned.”

Leviticus 4:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 4:12, word by word

the bullפָּרpar

bull

Young bull, bullock.

Where else “par” appears
he shall bring outהוֹצִיאhotsi

bring out

To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".

Where else “hotsi” appears
outsideחוּץchuts

outside

What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.

Where else “chuts” appears
the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane

camp

A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.

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a cleanטָהוֹרtahor

clean

Fit under the law for worship, without stain.

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placeמָקוֹםmakom

place

A place, a spot.

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the ash heapשֶׁפֶךְshefech

ash heap

A place where ashes are emptied.

Where else “shefech” appears
the ash heapדֶּשֶׁןdeshen

ashes

The dust left on the altar after burning.

Where else “deshen” appears
and burnשָׂרַףsaraf

burn

Burn; bake in the fire.

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woodעֵצִיםetsim

wood

What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.

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with fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

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Translation note

Hebrews 13:11-12 recalls that these animals were burned outside the camp.

The context

11But the skin of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and with its legs, its entrails and its dung,

12 · This verse (above)

13And if the whole community of Israel errs and the matter is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they do any one of all the commandments of YHWH concerning things that should not be done, and they become guilty,

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