King James Version
Leviticus 4:11 in the King James Version says “And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,”
Leviticus 4:11 · KJV
And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away,
As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering.
And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,
Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt. without: Heb. to without the camp where: Heb. at the pouring out of the ashes
And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
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properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“of the bullock”
H6499a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and all his flesh”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“with his head”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“and with his legs”
H3767the leg (from the knee to the ankle) of men or locusts (only in the dual)
“and his inwards”
H7130properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
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