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Leviticus 1:16
And he is to remove the crop with its contents and throw it to the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses instructs the priests during the establishment of the burnt offering rituals for the Israelite community. The directive applies specifically to the preparation of a bird sacrifice.
The words — The text specifies הֵסִיר (he.Sir) to mean remove and הִשְׁלִיךְ (hish.Likh) to mean throw. These verbs dictate the physical handling of the bird's crop and its contents.
The thread — This disposal practice recurs in Leviticus 4:12 and Leviticus 16:27, where sacrificial remains are moved to a ceremonially clean ash place outside the camp. The pattern establishes a consistent boundary for ritual waste.
Why it lands — The verse requires the priest to execute a precise physical separation of inedible parts from the altar. It demands obedience to ritual order without symbolic elaboration.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:
Cross-references
- 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 16:27 The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up.
- Luke 1:35 The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
- 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.
- 1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
- Leviticus 6:10 And the priest shall put on his linen robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed and place them beside it.