Leviticus 4:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 [a]But the hide of the bull and its meat, with its head, shanks, inner organs and dung, 12 that is, the whole bull, shall be brought outside the camp to a clean place[b] where the ashes are deposited and there be burned in a wood fire. At the place of the ash heap, there it must be burned.(A)
For the Community. 13 If the whole community of Israel errs[c] inadvertently and without even being aware of it violates any of the Lord’s prohibitions, and thus are guilty,
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- 4:11–12 See note on 6:17–23.
- 4:12 Clean place: i.e., ritually “clean” or pure. It has nothing to do with the presence of dirt or waste. See 6:4.
- 4:13 Whole community…errs: this case probably complements that of vv. 3–12. There the high priest sins so that the people become guilty. Those verses deal with his requirements for atonement; vv. 13–21 deal with the people’s requirements.
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