Leviticus 1:6

1:6 Next, the one presenting the offering ¹  must skin the burnt offering and cut it into parts,

Leviticus 16:4

16:4 He must put on a holy linen tunic, ²  linen leggings are to cover his body, ³  and he is to wrap himself with a linen sash ⁴  and wrap his head with a linen turban. ⁵  They are holy garments, so he must bathe ⁶  his body in water and put them on.

¹ tn Heb “Then he”; the referent (the offerer) has been specified in the translation for clarity. The LXX and Smr have “they” rather than “he” in both halves of this verse, suggesting that the priests, not the offerer, were to skin and cut the carcass of the bull into pieces (cf. the notes on vv. 5a and 9a).

² sn The term “tunic” refers to a shirt-like garment worn next to the skin and, therefore, put on first (cf. Exod 28:4, 39-40; 29:5, 8; 39:27). It covered the upper body only. For detailed remarks on the terminology for the priestly clothing in this verse (except the “linen leggings”) see the notes on Lev 8:7-9 and the literature cited there.

³ tn Heb “shall be on his flesh.” As in many instances in Lev 15, the term “flesh” or “body” here is euphemistic for the male genitals (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:1017, and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 222; cf. the note on Lev 15:2), which the priest must be careful not to expose during such ritual procedures (see Exod 20:26 with 28:42-43).

⁴ sn The sash fastened the tunic around the waist (Exod 28:4, 39; 29:9; 39:29).

⁵ tn Heb “and in a turban of linen he shall wrap.”

⁶ tn Heb “and he shall bathe….”