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Verse         Translation Text
Le 1:6 Strong Concordance And he shall flay [06584] the burnt offering [05930], and cut [05408] it into his pieces [05409].
  King James And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
And he shall flay - The sacrificer, or his assistant, had to skin and cut up the victim. The hide was the gratuity of the officiating priest. Lev 7:8.

His pieces - That is, its proper pieces, the parts into which it was usual for a sacrificed animal to be divided.
 
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8 And the priest [03548] that offereth [07126] any man's [0376] burnt offering [05930], even the priest [03548] shall have to himself the skin [05785] of the burnt offering [05930] which he hath offered [07126].
8 And the priests [03548], Aaron's [0175] sons [01121], shall lay [06186] the parts [05409], the head [07218], and the fat [06309], in order [06186] upon the wood [06086] that is on the fire [0784] which is upon the altar [04196]:
9 But his inwards [07130] and his legs [03767] shall he wash [07364] in water [04325]: and the priest [03548] shall burn [06999] all on the altar [04196], to be a burnt sacrifice [05930], an offering made by fire [0801], of a sweet [05207] savour [07381] unto the LORD [03068].
5 And one shall burn [08313] the heifer [06510] in his sight [05869]; her skin [05785], and her flesh [01320], and her blood [01818], with her dung [06569], shall he burn [08313]:
34 But the priests [03548] were too few [04592], so that they could [03201] not flay [06584] all the burnt offerings [05930]: wherefore their brethren [0251] the Levites [03881] did help [02388] them, till the work [04399] was ended [03615], and until the other priests [03548] had sanctified [06942] themselves: for the Levites [03881] were more upright [03477] in heart [03824] to sanctify [06942] themselves than the priests [03548].
8 And the priest [03548] that offereth [07126] any man's [0376] burnt offering [05930], even the priest [03548] shall have to himself the skin [05785] of the burnt offering [05930] which he hath offered [07126].