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Lexicon :: Strong's H784 - 'ēš

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אֵשׁ
Transliteration
'ēš
Pronunciation
aysh
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive word
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TWOT Reference: 172

Strong’s Definitions

אֵשׁ ʼêsh, aysh; a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively):—burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 379x

The KJV translates Strong's H784 in the following manner: fire (373x), burning (1x), fiery (1x), untranslated variant (1x), fire (with H800) (1x), flaming (1x), hot (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 379x
The KJV translates Strong's H784 in the following manner: fire (373x), burning (1x), fiery (1x), untranslated variant (1x), fire (with H800) (1x), flaming (1x), hot (1x).

  1. fire

    1. fire, flames

    2. supernatural fire (accompanying theophany)

    3. fire (for cooking, roasting, parching)

    4. altar-fire

    5. God's anger (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵשׁ ʼêsh, aysh; a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively):—burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
STRONGS H784: Abbreviations
אֵשׁ 377 noun feminineExodus 9:23 (masculineJeremiah 48:45; Psalm 104:4; **masculine is dubious: Numbers 16:18 read עָלֶיהָ for 2nd עֲלֵיהֶם (Greek Version of the LXX B); Jeremiah 20:9 see Ges§ 132 d; Jeremiah 48:45 read (many MSS., Numbers 21:23) יצאה; Psalm 104:4 read perhaps (Ol Du): לֵֹֽֽֽהטָה, or וָלָֽחַט; Job 20:26 see Ges§ 145 u (or 121 b): compare AlbrZAW xvi {1896}. 63; Feminine & masculineJeremiah 20:9; Job 20:26) fire (Assyrian išatu COTGloss, Syriac aXtxwAe  , Ethiopic አላት፡ derivatives from II. אנשׁ, أَنَسَ, sociable, friendly element (MV Wetzst in DePsalmen, ed. 4, p. 888 LagBN 68 compare انيسة, مانوسة), improbable especially in view of Assyrian; daghesh probably secondary; compare also Sta§ 189 b) — א׳ absolute Exodus 9:24 +; construct Leviticus 6:2 + (seldom); suffix אִשּׁוֺ Deuteronomy 4:36; Job 18:5; אֶשְׁכֶם Isaiah 50:11; אִשָּׁם Isaiah 66:24; —
1. fire, of conflagration, e.g. in briers, endangering or destroying crops תֵּצֵא אֵשׁ וּמָֽצְאָה קֹצִים Exodus 22:5; compare Exodus 3:2 הַסְּנֶה בֹּעֵר בָּאֵשׁ (both E); more often of deliberate destruction by fire, especially שָׂרַף בָּאֵשׁ (בָּ with qam. preton.) object golden calf Exodus 32:20 (J), other idols Deuteronomy 7:5, 25, Asherim Deuteronomy 12:3, chariots Joshua 11:6, 9; 2 Kings 23:1, house Judges 12:1; Judges 14:15, tower Judges 9:52, city-gates Nehemiah 1:3; Nehemiah 2:3, 13, 17, city Joshua 6:24; Judges 18:27 compare Isaiah 1:7 +; also שִׁלַּח אֵשׁ בְּ Amos 1:4, 7, 10 +; שִׁלַּח אֶת־הָעִיר בָּאֵשׁ † Judges 1:8; Judges 20:48 compare 2 Kings 8:12; הִצִּית אֶת־הָעִיר בָּאֵשׁ Joshua 8:8, 19; Jeremiah 17:27 +, compare Judges 9:49; 2 Samuel 14:30, 31 (of field, compare Exodus 22:5 above)
2. of supernatural fire, attending theophany Exodus 3:2; Exodus 19:18 (both J E) Deuteronomy 4:11, 12, 15, 33, 36 +; specifically עַמּוּד (הָ)אֵשׁ Exodus 13:21, 22; Exodus 14:24 (all J E) Nehemiah 9:12, 19 compare Deuteronomy 1:33 (see מַרְאֵה־אֵשׁ Numbers 9:15, 16 P); of destructive fire from י׳ Numbers 11:1, 2, 3 (J) Numbers 26:10 (P) Leviticus 10:2 (P); compare אֹכֶלָת א׳ in simile of Yahweh's glory Exodus 24:17 (E) Deuteronomy 4:24; Deuteronomy 9:3; see also 1 Kings 18:24, 38; 2 Kings 1:10 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 1:12 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 1:14; Job 1:16 (perhaps lightning intended), compare further of lightning Exodus 9:23, 24 (JE) Psalm 18:13; Psalm 18:14; Psalm 148:8 etc.
3. fire for cooking, roasting, parching, etc. צְלִי אֵשׁ roasted at a fire Exodus 12:8, 9 (P) compare Leviticus 2:14; 2 Chronicles 35:13; Isaiah 44:16, 19; of tinder for lighting fire Genesis 22:6, 7 (E); of fire for melting (gold for the idolatrous calf) Exodus 32:24; for refining Jeremiah 6:29, where read with Qr מֵאֵשׁ תַּם עֹפֶרֶת; compare Malachi 3:2 (simile of purifying work of messenger of cov't).
4. especially of altar-fire Leviticus 1:7 (twice in verse); Leviticus 6:2; Leviticus 6:3; Leviticus 6:5; Leviticus 6:6 +; in offering incense Leviticus 10:1, also אֵשׁ זָרָה strange fire, i.e. an incense not commanded, offered presumptuously Leviticus 10:1; Numbers 3:4; Numbers 26:61; fire from י׳ consuming sacrifice (compare 2) Leviticus 9:24; 2 Chronicles 7:1, 3; of fire in child-sacrifice (usually הֶעֱבִיר בֵּן בָּאֵשׁ (לְׅ)) 2 Kings 16:3; 2 Kings 21:6; compare 2 Kings 17:17; 2 Kings 23:10; 2 Chronicles 33:6; also שׂרף בָּא׳ 2 Kings 17:31, בער בָּא׳ 2 Chronicles 28:3.
5. figurative of Yahweh's anger Psalm 89:47 (simile) compare Nahum 1:6; Lamentations 2:4 אֵשׁ־עֶבְרָתִי Ezekiel 21:36; Ezekiel 22:31; Ezekiel 38:19, אֵשׁ־קִנְאָתִי Ezekiel 36:5; see also Isaiah 66:15; Psalm 79:5; Psalm 89:47 etc.; of word of י׳ Jeremiah 23:29; figurative of outbursting emotion Psalm 39:4; of flagrant wickedness Isaiah 9:17, etc:
6. in various combinations, אֵש לַפִּיד Genesis 15:17 (J) a torch of fire (compare Di); לַבַּת־אֵשׁ Exodus 3:2 flame of fire, לַהַב אֵשׁ Joel 2:5, אֵשׁ לַפִּידֵי (in simile) Daniel 10:6 compare Zechariah 12:6, לַהֲבוֺת אֵשׁ Psalm 29:7 לַהֲבֵי אֵשׁ Isaiah 66:15 compare לְהָבוֺת א׳ Psalm 105:32, לָהָבָה נֹגַהּ א׳ Isaiah 4:5 compare Hosea 7:6; שְׁבִיב אִשּׁוֺ spark of his fire Job 18:5 compare כִּידוֺדֵי אֵשׁ Job 41:11; תַּנּוּר אֵשׁ Psalm 21:10 oven of fire, כִּיּוֺר אֵשׁ Zechariah 12:6; אוֺר אֵשׁ light of fire Psalm 78:14; אֵשׁ לֹהֵט flaming fire Psalm 104:4; לְשׁוֺן אֵשׁ Isaiah 5:24 tongue of fire, גַּחֲלֵי אֵשׁ Ezekiel 1:13 coals of fire, so Ezekiel 10:2, compare רִשְׁמֵּי אֵשׁ Songs 8:6; on אַבְנֵי אֵשׁ Ezekiel 28:14, 16 see אֶבֶן; אֵשׁ דַּת [H799 Deuteronomy 33:2], literally fire of a law, or fire was a law, but דָּת law is Persian & late; read perhaps דֹת [לַפִּ] אֵשׁ compare Exodus 20:18 or דֶת [יֹקֶ] אֵשׁ compare Isaiah 65:5.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H785.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:17; 22:6; 22:7

Exodus

3:2; 3:2; 3:2; 9:23; 9:23; 9:24; 9:24; 12:8; 12:9; 13:21; 13:22; 14:24; 19:18; 20:18; 22:5; 22:5; 24:17; 32:20; 32:24

Leviticus

1:7; 2:14; 6:2; 6:2; 6:3; 6:5; 6:6; 9:24; 10:1; 10:1; 10:2

Numbers

3:4; 9:15; 9:16; 11:1; 11:2; 11:3; 16:18; 21:23; 26:10; 26:61

Deuteronomy

1:33; 4:11; 4:12; 4:15; 4:24; 4:33; 4:36; 4:36; 7:5; 7:25; 9:3; 12:3

Joshua

6:24; 8:8; 8:19; 11:6; 11:9

Judges

1:8; 9:49; 9:52; 12:1; 14:15; 18:27; 20:48

2 Samuel

14:30; 14:31

1 Kings

18:24; 18:38

2 Kings

1:10; 1:12; 1:14; 8:12; 16:3; 17:17; 17:31; 21:6; 23:1; 23:10

2 Chronicles

7:1; 7:3; 28:3; 33:6; 35:13

Nehemiah

1:3; 2:3; 2:13; 2:17; 9:12; 9:19

Job

1:16; 18:5; 18:5; 20:26; 20:26; 41:11

Psalms

18:13; 18:14; 21:10; 29:7; 39:4; 78:14; 79:5; 89:47; 89:47; 104:4; 104:4; 104:4; 105:32; 148:8

Song of Songs

8:6

Isaiah

1:7; 4:5; 5:24; 9:17; 44:16; 44:19; 50:11; 65:5; 66:15; 66:15; 66:24

Jeremiah

6:29; 17:27; 20:9; 20:9; 23:29; 48:45; 48:45

Lamentations

2:4

Ezekiel

1:13; 10:2; 22:31; 28:14; 28:16; 36:5; 38:19

Daniel

10:6

Hosea

7:6

Joel

2:5

Amos

1:4; 1:7; 1:10

Nahum

1:6

Zechariah

12:6; 12:6

Malachi

3:2

H784

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Strong's Number H784 matches the Hebrew אֵשׁ ('ēš),
which occurs 378 times in 348 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 7 (Gen 15:17–Lev 19:6)

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When the sun had gone down and a [deep] darkness had come, there appeared a smoking [fn]brazier and a flaming torch which passed between the [divided] pieces [of the animals].

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:24 - Then the LORD rained down brimstone (flaming sulfur) and fire on Sodom and on Gomorrah from the LORD out of heaven,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:6 - Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it [fn]on [the shoulders of] Isaac his son, and he took the [fn]fire (firepot) in his own hand and the [sacrificial] knife; and the two of them walked on together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:7 - And Isaac said to Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” Isaac said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:2 - The [fn]Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing flame of fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was on fire, yet it was not consumed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:23 - Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning (fireballs) ran down to the earth and along the ground. And the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24 - So there was hail, and lightning (fireballs) flashing intermittently in the midst of the extremely heavy hail, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:8 - ‘They shall eat the meat that same night, roasted in fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:9 - ‘Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted in fire—both its head and its legs, along with its inner parts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:10 - ‘You shall let none of the meat remain until the morning, and anything that remains left over until morning, you shall burn completely in the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:21 - The [presence of the] LORD was going before them by day in a pillar (column) of cloud to lead them along the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, so that they could travel by day and by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:22 - He did not withdraw the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from going before the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:24 - So it happened at the early morning watch [before dawn], that the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud and put them in a state of confusion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:18 - Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the LORD descended upon it in fire; its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

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“If fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes so that the stacked grain or standing grain or the field is consumed, he who started the fire shall make full restitution.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:17 - In the sight of the Israelites the appearance of the glory and brilliance of the LORD was like consuming fire on the top of the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:14 - “But the meat of the bull, its hide, and the contents of its intestines you shall burn in the fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:34 - “And if any of the meat of ordination or the bread remains until morning, you shall burn it in the fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:20 - Then Moses took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and scattered it on the surface of the water and made the Israelites drink it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:24 - “I said to them, ‘Let whoever has gold [jewelry], take it off.’ So they gave it to me; then I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:3 - “You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:38 - For throughout all their journeys, the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:7 - ‘The sons of Aaron the [high] priest shall put fire on the altar [of burnt offering] and arrange wood on the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:8 - ‘Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, the head and the fat, on the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:12 - ‘He shall cut it into pieces, with its head and its fat, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:17 - ‘Then he shall tear it open by its wings, but shall not sever it. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a sweet and soothing aroma to the LORD.

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‘If you bring a grain offering of early ripened things to the LORD, you shall bring fresh heads of grain roasted in the fire, crushed grain of new growth, for the grain offering of your early ripened things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:5 - ‘Aaron’s sons shall offer it up in smoke on the altar [placing it] on the burnt offering which is on the wood that is on the fire. It is an offering by fire, a sweet and soothing aroma to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:12 - that is, all the rest of the bull, he is to bring outside the camp to a clean place where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on a fire of wood. Where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:9 - “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the burnt offering: the burnt offering shall remain on the hearth that is on the altar all night until morning and the fire is to be kept burning on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:10 - ‘The priest is to put on his linen robe, with his linen undergarments next to his body. Then he shall take up the ashes of the burnt offering which the fire has consumed on the altar and put them beside the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:12 - ‘The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it shall not [be allowed to] go out. The priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and he shall arrange the burnt offering on it and offer the fat portions of the peace offerings up in smoke on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:13 - ‘The fire shall be burning continually on the altar; it shall not [be allowed to] go out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:30 - ‘But no sin offering from which any of the blood is brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place shall be eaten; it shall be [completely] burned in the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:17 - but what is left over from the meat of the sacrifice on the third day shall be [completely] burned in the fire.

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‘The meat that comes in contact with anything that is unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned in the fire. As for other meat, everyone who is [ceremonially] clean may eat it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:17 - But the bull (the sin offering) and its hide, its meat, and its refuse he burned in the fire outside the camp, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:32 - “And what remains of the meat and of the bread you shall burn in the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:11 - And Aaron burned the meat and the hide in the fire outside the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:24 - Then fire came out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell face downward [in awe and worship].

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Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective [ceremonial] censers, put fire in them, placed incense on it and offered [fn]strange (unauthorized, unacceptable) fire before the LORD, [an act] which He had not commanded them to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:2 - And fire came out from the presence of the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

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“Or if the body has on its skin a burn from fire and the new flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish white or white,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:52 - “So he shall burn the garment, whether the warp or woof, in wool or linen, or on anything made of leather in which the mark occurs; for it is a malignant leprosy; it shall be burned in the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:55 - “The priest shall examine the article with the mark after it has been washed, and if the mark has not changed color, even though the mark has not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire; it is a corroding mildew, whether on the top or on the front of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:57 - “If it still appears in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or on anything made of leather, it is an outbreak; you shall burn the marked part in the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:12 - “He shall take a censer full of burning coals from the [bronze] altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground sweet incense, and bring it inside the veil [into the Most Holy Place],

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:13 - and put the incense on the fire [in the censer] before the LORD, so that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is on [the ark of] the Testimony, otherwise he will die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:27 - “The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place (Holy of Holies), shall be taken outside the camp; their skins, their meat, and their waste shall be burned in the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:6 - ‘It shall be eaten the same day you offer it and on the day following; and if anything remains until the third day, it shall be burned in the fire.

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