Leviticus 1:6
New International Version
You are to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

New Living Translation
Then skin the animal and cut it into pieces.

English Standard Version
Then he shall flay the burnt offering and cut it into pieces,

Berean Standard Bible
Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

King James Bible
And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.

New King James Version
And he shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces.

New American Standard Bible
He shall then skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces.

NASB 1995
‘He shall then skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces.

NASB 1977
‘He shall then skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he shall then skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces.

Amplified Bible
Then he shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

Christian Standard Bible
Then he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then he must skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

American Standard Version
And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces.

Contemporary English Version
Skin the bull and cut it up,

English Revised Version
And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into its pieces.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Skin the burnt offering, and cut it into pieces.

Good News Translation
Then you shall skin the animal and cut it up,

International Standard Version
He is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

Majority Standard Bible
Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

NET Bible
Next, the one presenting the offering must skin the burnt offering and cut it into parts,

New Heart English Bible
And he shall skin the burnt offering, and cut it into pieces.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces,

World English Bible
He shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And he has stripped the burnt-offering, and has cut it into its pieces;

Young's Literal Translation
'And he hath stripped the burnt-offering, and hath cut it into its pieces;

Smith's Literal Translation
And he flayed the burnt-offering, and cut in pieces according to its pieces.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they have flayed the victim, they shall cut the joints into pieces,

Catholic Public Domain Version
And having pulled away the skin of the victim, they shall cut up the joints into pieces,

New American Bible
Then the burnt offering shall be flayed and cut into pieces.

New Revised Standard Version
The burnt offering shall be flayed and cut up into its parts.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And he shall flay the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they will flay the burnt offering and will cut up its limbs.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And having flayed the whole burnt-offering, they shall divide it by its limbs.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Laws for Burnt Offerings
5And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 6Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces. 7The sons of Aaron the priest shall put a fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.…

Cross References
Exodus 29:17
Cut the ram into pieces, wash the entrails and legs, and place them with its head and other pieces.

Leviticus 7:8
As for the priest who presents a burnt offering for anyone, the hide of that offering belongs to him.

Numbers 18:18
And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.

2 Chronicles 29:34
However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.

Ezekiel 44:11
Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and ministering there. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices for the people and stand before them to minister to them.

1 Samuel 2:13-16
or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling / and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh. / Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.” ...

2 Chronicles 35:11
And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests splattered the blood handed to them and the Levites skinned the animals.

Ezra 6:20
All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.

2 Kings 16:15
Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Splatter on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.”

2 Chronicles 29:22
So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splattered it on the altar. They slaughtered the rams and splattered the blood on the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs and splattered the blood on the altar.

Hebrews 10:1-4
For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. / If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins. / Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, ...

Hebrews 9:22
According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

Hebrews 10:11
Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

Romans 12:1
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

Ephesians 5:2
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.


Treasury of Scripture

And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.

Leviticus 7:8
And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered.

Genesis 3:21
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

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Leviticus 1
1. The law of burnt offerings
3. of the herd
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Next
The word "next" indicates a sequence of actions in the sacrificial ritual. This sequence is crucial as it reflects the orderliness and precision required in worship. In the Hebrew context, the sacrificial system was a divinely ordained process, emphasizing that approaching God requires adherence to His instructions. This orderliness can inspire believers today to approach God with reverence and respect, understanding that He is a God of order and not chaos.

he is to skin
The act of skinning the burnt offering was a task assigned to the priest. The Hebrew root for "skin" is "פָּשַׁט" (pashat), which means to strip or remove. This act symbolizes the removal of the outer layer, representing the stripping away of sin and impurity. In a spiritual sense, it reminds Christians of the need for inner purity and the removal of the old self, as Paul writes in Ephesians 4:22-24 about putting off the old self and putting on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

the burnt offering
The burnt offering, or "עֹלָה" (olah) in Hebrew, was a sacrifice that was completely consumed by fire on the altar. It signifies total dedication and surrender to God. Historically, the burnt offering was a common form of sacrifice in ancient Near Eastern cultures, but in Israel, it held a unique significance as a means of atonement and worship. For Christians, it foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who offered Himself completely for the atonement of humanity's sins.

and cut it into pieces
The phrase "cut it into pieces" involves the careful division of the animal into parts. This meticulous process reflects the seriousness and solemnity of the sacrificial act. The Hebrew root "נָתַח" (natach) means to divide or cut. This action can be seen as a metaphor for the examination and offering of every part of one's life to God. It calls believers to present themselves wholly to God, as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to Him, as Paul exhorts in Romans 12:1.

(6) And he shall flay.--After the priest threw the blood on the walls of the altar, the sacrificer himself had to skin and cut up the sacrifice into its natural limbs (comp. Leviticus 1:12; Leviticus 8:20; Exodus 29:17), as head, breast, legs, &c., and not mangle it. The skin was the perquisite of the officiating priest (Leviticus 8).

Verse 6. - He shall flay the burnt offering. The hide was given to the priest (Leviticus 7:8). The whole of the remainder of the animal was consumed by the fire of the altar; none of it was eaten by the offerer and his friends as in the peace offerings, or even by the ministers of God as in the sin offerings; it was a whole burnt offering. His pieces, into which it was to be cut, means the customary pieces.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Next, he is to skin
וְהִפְשִׁ֖יט (wə·hip̄·šîṭ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6584: To strip off, make a dash, raid

the burnt offering
הָעֹלָ֑ה (hā·‘ō·lāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering

and cut
וְנִתַּ֥ח (wə·nit·taḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5408: To cut up, cut in pieces, divide by joints

it into pieces.
לִנְתָחֶֽיהָ׃ (lin·ṯā·ḥe·hā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5409: A piece (of a divided carcass)


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