Leviticus 16:26

'And he who is sending away the goat for a goat of departure doth wash his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and afterwards he cometh in unto the camp.

Young's Literal Translation

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

25and with the fat of the sin-offering he doth make perfume on the altar.

27'And the bullock of the sin-offering, and the goat of the sin-offering, whose blood hath been brought in to make atonement in the sanctuary, doth [one] bring out unto the outside of the camp, and they have burnt with fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung;

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:24'And by these ye are made unclean, any one who is coming against their carcase is unclean till the evening;

Leviticus 11:27'And any one going on its paws, among all the beasts which are going on four — unclean they [are] to you; any one who is coming against their carcase is unclean until the evening;

Leviticus 11:31these [are] the unclean to you among all which are teeming; any one who is coming against them in their death is unclean till the evening.

Leviticus 11:39'And when any of the beasts which are to you for food dieth, he who is coming against its carcase is unclean till the evening;

Leviticus 14:8'And he who is to be cleansed hath washed his garments, and hath shaved all his hair, and hath bathed with water, and hath been clean, and afterwards he doth come in unto the camp, and hath dwelt at the outside of his tent seven days.

Leviticus 15:27and any one who is coming against them is unclean, and hath washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and been unclean till 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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