Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 29:14
But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it [is] a sin offering.
14. When a sin-offering was offered for priests, or for the whole community, including the priests, its flesh was burnt (cf. Lev 4:11 f., 21, Exo 9:11); when it was offered for laymen, the flesh was eaten by the priests (Lev 5:13; Lev 6:26). Though the priests are here treated as laity (see on v. 12), the flesh is to be burnt, because no proper priest is present to eat it (Di.).
dung ] better, for distinction, offal, viz. that removed from the animals offered in sacrifice: Lev 4:11; Lev 8:17; Lev 16:27, Num 19:5, Mal 2:3 .
a sin offering ] see on Leviticus 4.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 14. It is a sin-offering.] See Clarke on Ge 4:7; “Ge 13:13“; “Le 7:1“, &c.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
To wit, for the high priest, as is plain from the whole context, and therefore ought to be burnt by that law, Le 4. There was indeed a law, that that sin-offering whose blood was not carried into the tabernacle, which was the case here, should not be burnt, but eaten, Lev 6:30; 10:18. But that concerned the people, not the priests, who did not eat, but burn their own sin-offerings, Lev 4:3,12.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung,…. The several parts and members of him, head, legs, feet, c. and the skin taken off of him, and the dung that comes from him. Aben Ezra observes, that the flesh comprehends the head and the pieces, and may be interpreted in a way of conjecture, that he washed it, and afterwards burnt it all representing a whole Christ under all his painful sufferings, and the shame and reproach he underwent in them:
shalt thou burn with fire without the camp; so Christ, the antitype, suffered without the gates of Jerusalem a most painful and shameful death, despised and reproached by men, and the wrath of God like fire poured out upon him: the apostle seems to refer to this, Heb 13:11,
it is a sin offering; in order to make atonement for the sins of Aaron and his sons; for the law made men priests that had infirmity, and needed offerings and sacrifices for their own sins, which shows the imperfection of the Aaronic priesthood.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(14) The flesh . . . shalt thou burn . . . with out the camp.Comp. Lev. 4:11-12; Lev. 4:21; Heb. 13:11-13. This was the general rule with sin offerings. The whole animal was reckoned too impure for any portion of it to be suitable for human food.
His dung.That which the intestines contained at the time of death.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
14. A sin offering On the nature of which see notes on Lev 4:3-12.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
The Whole Burnt Offering ( Exo 29:14-18 ).
Now that sin has been dealt with they can offer their true, wholehearted worship to God in a whole burnt offering (‘that which goes up’).
Exo 29:14-18
“You shall also take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram, and you shall slay the ram, and you shall take its blood and cast it round about the altar, and you shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its inwards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces and with its head, and you shall burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a whole burnt offering to Yahweh. It is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.”
The purification for sin offering was an ox bull that the cost of sin might be revealed. God wanted it recognised that sin was costly, and thus the purification for sin offering was deliberately and specifically shown to be the most costly of sacrifices.
The downgrading to a ram was necessary to bring this lesson out. It was not that the whole burnt offering was less worthy. The ram was still a costly offering. But its use stressed the extra costliness of sin. This ram was an offering of dedication, of self-giving, of wholehearted gratitude and love. The whole of it was offered on the altar. But the shedding of blood was still necessary, for the ones who brought it were sinners. Atonement is still included.
Again the identification procedure. Each laid his hand on to identify himself with the offering. Then the ram was slain, and the blood cast round the altar. This stresses that while the offering is a whole burnt offering offered to God it still contained an atoning aspect. The blood is not offered up but is cast before God, indicating that the life has been given and the blood has been shed on behalf of the offerers.
Then the remainder is offered to God. There are parts that have to be washed, the legs because they have been in contact with the earth, the inwards possibly because it is seen as having been in contact with the dung, and then all the pieces are gathered up in total and offered to God by being burnt up, fat, flesh, bones and skin. All is dedicated to God. While containing sacrificial aspects it is an offering and not a sacrifice. (Usually in Scripture an offering is ‘offered’ and a sacrifice is ‘sacrificed’, although there are instances when the description is reverted. Ideas change or relax over time. It is also lest we grow too dogmatic. It will be noted here that the laver is assumed in order to provide water for the washing, even though it has not yet been mentioned).
“ It is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.” That is, it is satisfying to God because of the intent of the heart, the loving self-giving and dedication of the offerer.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Exo 29:14. But the flesh of the bullock, &c. The burning of the bullock, with all that appertained to it, without the camp, was figurative of that reproachful suffering of CHRIST, the great sin-offering of the world, as we are informed, Heb 13:11-13 see Lev 4:3; Lev 4:35. The word chatat, signifies a sin-offering, a victim, on which the sin is put, as well as sin in the general: hence, 2Co 5:21. Christ is said to have been made sin, that is, a sin-offering for us. See Jackson’s works, vol. 2: p. 1028.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Exo 29:14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it [is] a sin offering.
Ver. 14. Without the camp. ] See Trapp on “ Heb 13:12 “ See Trapp on “ Heb 7:27 “ See Trapp on “ Heb 7:28 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
without the camp. Compare Heb 13:11-13. An unholy camp was unfit for a holy sin offering.
sin offering. Hebrew sin, put (as in Gen 4:7) by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for sin offering. See App-43.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
flesh: Lev 4:11, Lev 4:12, Lev 4:21, Lev 8:17, Lev 16:27, Heb 13:11-13
it is a: Exo 30:10, Lev 4:3, Lev 4:25, Lev 4:29, Lev 4:32, Lev 5:6, Lev 5:8, Lev 6:25, Lev 9:2, Lev 16:3, Lev 16:11, Num 7:16, 2Ch 29:24, Ezr 8:35
Reciprocal: Lev 7:8 – skin Lev 7:17 – burnt Num 19:5 – General Eze 43:21 – burn