6:10 Then the priest must put on his linen robe and must put linen leggings21 over his bare flesh, and he must take up the fatty ashes of the burnt offering that the fire consumed on the altar,22 and he must place them23 beside the altar.
tn The exact nature of this article of the priest’s clothing is difficult to determine. Cf. KJV, ASV “breeches”; NAB “drawers”; NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “undergarments”; NCV “underclothes”; CEV “underwear”; TEV “shorts.”
22
tnHeb “he shall lift up the fatty ashes which the fire shall consume the burnt offering on the altar.”
23
tnHeb “it,” referring the “fatty ashes” as a single unit.