Leviticus 16:26

The man who went and sent away the scapegoat must wash his clothes and wash himself with water; then he may come back into the camp.

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In The King James Version

And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.

In Context

25He also must burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar.

27The remains of the bull used for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to purify it, must be taken outside the camp. Their skin, meat, and waste must be burned.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:24and will make you unclean. If you touch their dead bodies you will be unclean until the evening,

Leviticus 11:27Any four-legged animal that walks on its paws are unclean for you. If you touch their dead bodies you will be unclean until the evening,

Leviticus 11:31These animals that run along the ground are unclean for you. If you touch a dead one of them you will be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 11:39If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches the dead body will be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 14:8The one being made clean must wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and wash themselves with water; then they will be ceremonially clean. After that they can enter the camp, but they must stay outside their tent for seven days.

Leviticus 15:27Anyone who touches them has to wash their clothes, and wash themselves with water, and they will be unclean until the evening.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 16:21-29

20 And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: 21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: 22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not… Read the whole commentary →

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