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Leviticus 4:21 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 4 · verse 21
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.Leviticus 4:21 · King James Version
Leviticus 4:21 in context
19And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.
20And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
21And 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.
22When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;
23Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- offeringchaṭṭâʼâhan offence , and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiationH2403 →
- bullockpara bullockH6499 →
- withoutchûwtsproperly, separate by awallH2351 →
- forthyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
- firstriʼshôwnfirst, in place, time or rankH7223 →
- campmachănehan encampmentH4264 →
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This is the law for expiating the guilt of a national sin, by a sin offering. If the leaders of the people, through mistake concerning the law, caused them to err, when the mistake was discovered an offering must be brought, that wrath might not come upon the whole congregation. Observe, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-21