Ezekiel 43:21

Then you are to take away the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the appointed part of the temple area outside the sanctuary.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God addresses Ezekiel during his vision of the restored temple, issuing precise instructions for altar consecration. The command follows the initial blood application to cleanse the altar's horns and rim.

The words — חַטָּאת (chattat) denotes the designated sin offering, while מִפְקָד (mifkad) specifies the appointed location for its disposal. These terms anchor the ritual in precise spatial and functional boundaries.

The thread — The directive to burn the sin offering outside the sacred boundary runs through Exodus 29:14, Leviticus 4:12, and Leviticus 8:17. Each passage mandates removing the burnt remains beyond the camp or sanctuary to maintain ritual separation.

Why it lands — The text requires the complete physical removal of sin's residue from the holy space. Readers must recognize that purification demands spatial separation, not merely symbolic gesture.

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The Hebrew words

וְלָ֣קַחְתָּ֔ve./La.kach.taand/ you will take אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>הַפָּ֣רha./Parthe/ young bull הַֽחַטָּ֑אתha./cha.Tatthe/ sin offering וּשְׂרָפוֹ֙u./se.ra.F/oand/ someone will burn/ it בְּמִפְקַ֣דbe./mif.Kadin/ [the] appointed place of הַבַּ֔יִתha./Ba.yitthe/ house מִח֖וּץmi./Chutzfrom/ [the] outside לַמִּקְדָּֽשׁ׃la./mik.Dashof the/ sanctuary

King James Version

Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.

Cross-references

Exodus 29:14 But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
Leviticus 4:12 all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he must burn it on a wood fire on the ash heap.
Leviticus 8:17 But the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded him.
Hebrews 13:11 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.