Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 16:27
And the bullock [for] the sin offering, and the goat [for] the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy [place], shall [one] carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.
And the bullock [for] the sin offering, and the goat [for] the sin offering,…. The one for Aaron and his family, the other for the people of Israel, of which see Le 16:5;
whose blood was brought in to make an atonement in the holy [place]; the holy of holies, where it was brought and sprinkled, as directed in
Le 16:14;
shall [one] carry forth without the camp; by command, as Aben Ezra observes; by the order of the high priest; and, perhaps, more than one was employed to carry out those carcasses, they being too large for one man, and as it seems from a following clause; and the Targum of Jonathan is,
“they shall be carried out on staves by the hands of the junior priests;”
so Jarchi says r, four men carried two staves, two before and two behind, and they went staff by staff, and the bullock and the goat were upon them, and they carried them one upon another: this was done after the high priest had done to them what was necessary; for so it is said, he went to the bullock and to the goat that were to be burnt; he ripped them up and took out their inwards, and put them in a bowl, and offered them on the top of the altar; and cut them with cuttings (made incisions into the flesh of them, but did not part it), and ordered them to be carried out to the place of burning, which was without the camp of Israel, and afterwards without the city of Jerusalem: the mystery of this, and the application of it to Christ, setting forth the nature and place of Christs sufferings, are fully and largely expressed by the apostle in Heb 13:11;
and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung; the priests, as Aben Ezra; for there were more than one concerned, as in carrying them out, so in the burning of them: the high priest was not concerned in it, for while these were burning he was reading, as observed on Le 16:24; so that he that saw, the high priest when he was reading, saw not the bullock and the goat when they were burnt; and he that saw the bullock and the goat burnt, saw not the high priest when he read; not because it was not lawful, but because the way was distant, and the business of both was done together s: this was done in a place called the place of ashes t, where the ashes of the altar of burnt offering were carried; [See comments on Le 4:11] and
[See comments on Le 4:12].
r In Misn. Yoma, c. 6. sect. 7. s Misn. Yoma, c. 7, sect. 2. t Misn. Zebachim, c. 5. sect. 2. & c. 12. sect. 5.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(27) And the bullock.That is, the bodies of the sin offerings for the priests and the people (see Lev. 16:5-6; Lev. 16:9; Lev. 16:11), whose blood the high priest carried into the Holy of Holies. (See Lev. 16:14-15, with Lev. 4:11-12.)
Shall one carry forth.Better shall be carried forth. During the second Temple four men carried the carcases upon two poles to the place set aside outside Jerusalem for burning. (See Lev. 4:11.) Hence the ancient Palestinian Targum translates it, they shall be carried out on poles by the hands of the younger priests. As has already been remarked, the priest performed this part of the service immediately after the goat was dispatched by the messenger to the wilderness. Whilst the victims were being burned outside the camp the high priest read in the womens court the appointed lessons for the Day of Atonement (viz., Lev. 23:26; Num. 29:7-11) in the presence of the congregation, who were all standing, and at the conclusion of the reading pronounced the eight benedictions (1) on the Divine Law, (2) on the public service, (3) on confession, (4) forgiveness of sins, (5) on Jerusalem, (6) on the Temple, (7) on Israel, and (8) on the priesthood.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
“And the bull ox of the purification for sin offering, and the goat of the purification for sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall be carried forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.”
Finally the remains of both purification for sin offerings, skins, flesh and dung, must be taken outside the camp and burned. We can assume that this is ‘in a clean place’ as in 4:12, 21 which deal with ox bulls offered as purification for sin offerings on behalf of the Priest and the whole people. They are not suffused with sin. They are extremely holy. Through them God has done His merciful work and they are offered back to Him
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Lev 16:27 And the bullock [for] the sin offering, and the goat [for] the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy [place], shall [one] carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.
Ver. 27. Without the camp. ] See Heb 13:11 ; Heb 13:14 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
without the camp. Compare Lev 6:11. Heb 13:11.
burn. Hebrew. saraph. App-43.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
atonement (See Scofield “Exo 29:33”).
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
bullock: Lev 4:11, Lev 4:12, Lev 4:21, Lev 6:30, Lev 8:17
without: Mat 27:31-33, Heb 13:11-14
Reciprocal: Exo 29:14 – flesh Exo 29:36 – cleanse Lev 1:16 – by the place Lev 6:11 – without Lev 9:11 – General Num 19:3 – without the camp