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flay

Meaning of “flay”

To strip or remove the skin from a body or offering.

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First occurrence: Leviticus 1:6

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Every verse containing “flay”

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Leviticus 1:6
And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 1:6 · retained source text

And hee shall slay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.

2 Chronicles 29:34
But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 29:34 · retained source text

But the Priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Leuites did helpe them, till the worke was ended, and vntill the other Priestes had sanctified themselues: for the Leuites were more vpright in heart, to sanctifie themselues, then the Priests.

1611 marginal noteHeb. strengthened them

Micah 3:3
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Micah 3:3 · retained source text

Who also eate the flesh of my people, and flay their skinne from off them, and they breake their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the cauldron.

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