The Church Fathers on this verse

Leviticus 4:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

And the rest of the body, he shall carry forth without the camp into a clean place where the ashes are wont to be poured out: and he shall burn them upon a pile of wood. They shall be burnt in the place where the ashes are poured out.

Douay-Rheims

וְהוֹצִ֣יא אֶת־כָּל־הַ֠פָּר אֶל־מִח֨וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֜ה אֶל־מָק֤וֹם טָהוֹר֙ אֶל־שֶׁ֣פֶךְ הַדֶּ֔שֶׁן וְשָׂרַ֥ף אֹת֛וֹ עַל־עֵצִ֖ים בָּאֵ֑שׁ עַל־שֶׁ֥פֶךְ הַדֶּ֖שֶׁן יִשָּׂרֵֽף׃

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Theodoret of Cyrus

5th centuryChurch Father

God instructs the bishop who breaks any command to offer a perfect calf as a sacrifice, placing the previously mentioned items upon the altar and incinerating the flesh, skin, and insects outside the community. This signifies that sin is foreign to the holy grounds.

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