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Leviticus 6:11
Then he must take off his garments, put on other clothes, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses instructs the Aaronic priests on the precise sequence of duties following the morning maintenance of the altar fire. The command follows the initial removal of the burnt offering ashes, which the priest places beside the altar while still wearing his linen ministering garments.
The words — פָּשַׁט (pa.shat) means "strip off," and הוֹצִיא (ho.tzi) means "take out." These verbs dictate the physical sequence: the priest must first remove his linen vestments before carrying the ashes away.
The thread — The directive to remove ministering garments before entering the outer court appears in Ezekiel 44:19, while the command to carry ritual waste outside the camp to a clean place is recorded in Leviticus 4:12. Hebrews 13:11 echoes the geographic boundary of burning sin offerings outside the camp.
Why it lands — The text demands strict adherence to ritual boundaries by separating holy service from ceremonial waste. A reader must recognize that physical separation preserves the integrity of the altar and prevents the profanation of the sanctuary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
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.
- Ezekiel 44:19 When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they are to take off the garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.
- 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.
- Leviticus 4:21 Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.
- Leviticus 14:40 he must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.
- Leviticus 16:23 Then Aaron is to enter the Tent of Meeting, take off the linen garments he put on before entering the Most Holy Place, and leave them there.
- 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.