The Church Fathers on this verse

Leviticus 4:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

But the skin and all the flesh with the head and the feet and the bowels and the dung:

Douay-Rheims

וְאֶת־ע֤וֹר הַפָּר֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־בְּשָׂר֔וֹ עַל־רֹאשׁ֖וֹ וְעַל־כְּרָעָ֑יו וְקִרְבּ֖וֹ וּפִרְשֽׁוֹ׃

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Theodoret of Cyrus

5th centuryChurch Father

God directs the bishop who violates any commandment to offer an unblemished calf as a sacrifice, placing the previously mentioned items upon the altar, and to incinerate the flesh, skin, and insects outside the camp. This signifies that sin is foreign to the holy boundaries.

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