Ezekiel 43:21

Modern

Then you are to take away the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the appointed part of the temple area outside the sanctuary.

Traditional

Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.

Literal

And you shall take the bull of the sin offering and burn it in the appointed place of the temple, outside of the sanctuary.

Latin

Et tolles vitulum qui oblatus fuerit pro peccato, et combures eum in separato loco domus, extra sanctuarium.

Hebrew

English

Then you are to take away the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the appointed part of the temple area outside the sanctuary.

The new altar had to be consecrated (set apart for holy use) before it could be used.
On the first day, the priests were to offer a young bull as a sin offering. They were to put its blood on the horns and corners of the altar. This act made the altar ready for holy service.
After this, they burned the body of the sin offering outside the sacred area. This was the same practice used with the tabernacle (compare Leviticus 4:11–12).

Theme notes and profiles

Exodus 29:14
But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
Leviticus 4:12
…all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he must burn it on a wood fire on the ash heap.
Leviticus 8:17
But the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded him.
Hebrews 13:11–12
Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.