Leviticus 4:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,

The skin of the bullock, and all his flesh. In ordinary circumstances these were perquisites of the priests. But in the expiation necessary for a sin of the high priest's, after the fat of the sacrifice was offered on the altar, the carcass was carried outside the camp, in order that the total combustion of it in the place of ashes might the more strikingly indicate the enormity of the transgression, and the horror with which he regarded it (cf. Hebrews 13:12-13).

Leviticus 4:11

11 And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,